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Nigel Chaffey discovers a glossary can also be a page-turner.

You can read the full version online at https://www.botany.one/2021/12/glossy-treasure-trove-for-the-word-curious-plantsperson/

Researchers compare trade-offs between simplicity and accuracy when modelling greenhouse cucumber canopies.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/one-dimensional-light-models-as-accurate-as-three-dimensional-at-estimating-dry-matter

Tired: Remembering if ‘ACi_sol_C_1.xlsx’ or ‘ACi_sol_D_v3.xlsx’ has correct parameter estimates. Wired: Using reproducible, scalable code to analyse data.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/principles-of-resilient-coding-for-plant-ecophysiologists/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab059

This study sheds light on the evolution of two endemic juniper species from the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and their responses to Quaternary climate fluctuations.

You can read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/evolutionary-history-of-two-rare-conifers-from-the-qinghai-tibet-plateau/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab114

Despite the probable extinction of closely related sister species and genera, and the evolution of morphological structures as adaptations to changing environmental conditions, they still share basic reproductive traits with other podocarps.

Read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/morpho-anatomical-affinities-of-three-paleoendemic-podocarp-genera/

Read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab113

The benefits of the mixture come on top of the other well-known superiority of provisioning and regulation services.

You can read this online at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/tree-species-mixing-increases-stand-productivity-and-density/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab077

Botanists used virus-induced gene silencing and gene expression experiments to understand the function of brassinosteroid-related transcription factors in Aquilegia coerulea petal spurs.

You can read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/brassinosteroids-regulate-petal-spur-length-in-aquilegia/

You can read the original article at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab116

Polar auxin transport dynamics control vein patterning.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/plant-computational-model-explains-how-leaf-veins-develop

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab030

Botanists find a way to recycle genomic data and contribute to a better characterization of plant biodiversity.

You can read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/target-capture-sequencing-for-investigating-repetitive-dna/

You can read the article at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab063

You might think of bibliometrics as something that happens to scientific articles after they’re published. However, in new and innovative fields like ionomics, bibliometrics can also help shape them.

You can read the original post with many diagrams and links at https://www.botany.one/2021/11/how-using-bibliometrics-can-help-guide-people-to-your-research-the-case-of-the-ionome-nutriome-and-metallome/