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Flavonoids help fine-tune a lupin's response to low phosphorus availability.

Read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/a-class-of-chemicals-that-produce-many-of-the-colours-of-petals-also-regulates-root-response-in-white-lupins/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab131

It's not enough to have phosophorus in the soil, plants have to be able to use it. A new study examines how salinity interacts with the ability to take up phosphorus.

Read the blog post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/interactive-effects-of-phosphorus-and-salinity/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab124

More and more people are using images to get round character limits on Twitter, but some people are getting left behind.

You can read the original post, if you really want to at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/we-wont-be-retweeting-some-job-adverts-heres-why/

A book that considers not only how plants have nourished the body, but also the soul.

You can read the full review at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/this-plant-book-is-amazing/

Food is critical for larvae development, so a good insect should lay her eggs away from other competition for food. That's why scientists were surprised that female hawkmoths chose plants hosting competitors when laying eggs.

Read the post: https://www.botany.one/2022/01/hawkmoths-prefer-for-the-young-to-eat-with-the-competition/

Original research at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.12.021

Can we use electron microscopy and statistical analyses to better classify the trichomes of the large plant genus Solanum?

Read the blog post: https://www.botany.one/2022/01/morphological-characterisation-of-trichomes/

Read the original article: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab071

A common claim is that rising carbon dioxide is actually good for plants. Research from Sweden shows that reality is more complicated.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/its-far-from-certain-that-peat-bogs-can-continue-absorbing-carbon-dioxide-at-current-rates/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02953-1

Research from Japan reveals that mangroves can't cope with cold feet.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/why-are-there-no-arctic-mangroves/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab117

Scientists have identified one of the earliest multicellular algae. Their new method could help unlock much more information from Precambrian fossils.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/what-does-chlorophyll-leave-behind-after-a-billion-years/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27810-7

Rather than inherently being 'male' or 'female', Mercurialis annua can produce flowers as a plastic response to its environment.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2022/01/herbivores-can-cause-dioecious-plants-to-partly-swap-sex/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab129