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Bees are more likely to turn to robbery if easily accessible flowers attract them to an area.

You can read the original post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/ecologists-learn-how-to-increase-thieving-by-bumblebees/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-022-09895-z

While lateral roots comprise the bulk of root length, axial roots function as a scaffold determining the distribution of these laterals.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/soil-compaction-and-nitrate-capture/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab144

Nigel Chaffey reviews Medicinal potential of ancient plants by Cheryll J Williams. This is the abridged version.

You can read the full version at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/australian-animals-might-kill-you-but-the-plants-could-cure-you/

A new database of leaves promise not only to help identify plants around us, but also to identify plants known only from fossils.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/new-leaf-database-could-help-identify-extinct-plants/

You can read the original article at https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.72350

Different types of plant interactions with a particular pathogen are characterized by the different oxylipin profiles of the host plant.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/gene-expression-reveals-differences-between-symptomatic-and-asymptomatic-infection-in-tobacco/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab108

How do subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce seedlings respond to experimental drought when grown under field conditions?

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/poor-acclimation-to-drought-in-subalpine-forest-tree-seedlings/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab077

Fait vos jeux, but while there will be some winners, the odds are stacked against most plants doing well in the future.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/more-plants-will-be-losers-than-winners-in-the-future-thanks-to-human-activity/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10252

A French-US team studied whether Arabidopsis in its natural range vary by latitude or from a core to the periphery.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/how-does-a-plant-vary-across-its-range/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab149

Ecologists have found that weeds are far more valuable in supporting biodiversity than we give them credit for.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/weeds-with-a-bad-reputation-have-value-for-pollinators-and-biodiversity/

You can read the original article at https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14132

Botanists show for the first time that reduced phosphorus investment in lipids in plants improves phosphorus use efficiency in rice without reducing photosynthesis.

You can read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/03/how-can-botanists-improve-rices-ability-to-use-phosphorus/

You can read the original article at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab138