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Recalibrating models using absolute – instead of relative - mass units makes it possible to test modelled transcription rates against biochemical data.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/improving-gene-regulatory-network-models-with-rna-levels-in-absolute-units/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab022

Surely once insects have brought pollen to a flower, then plant-plant interaction is over? Not so, says Gerardo Arceo-Gómez, who argues that heterospecific (or other plants') pollen arriving in a flower might affect plant diversity.

You can read this at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/what-happens-when-pollinators-bring-the-wrong-pollen/

You can read the original paper at: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab082

Computational models simulate grapevine management and provide information on how this affects canopy light absorption

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/virtual-vineyards-allow-simulation-studies-of-grapevine-management-practices 

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab027

Are triploid Butomus umbellatus plants more plastic to nutrient availability than diploid plants and does this make them more invasive?

Read the post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/phenotypic-plasticity-to-nutrient-availability-in-a-wetland-invasive-species/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab045

You can read this online at https://www.botany.one/2021/10/a-book-about-trees-and-fungi-whats-not-to-like/

A new study challenges the conventional wisdom of row orientation.

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/should-you-plant-your-tomato-rows-oriented-north-to-south-or-east-to-west/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab025

A team of botanists in Japan have overturned decades-old assumptions about how cold stress leads to pollen sterility in rice.

You can read this post at: https://www.botany.one/2021/09/in-cold-weather-rice-pollen-suffers-in-a-variety-of-ways-as-it-struggles-to-develop/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab091

A plant from tropical and subtropical regions of Asia might help combat pests of hungry mites.

You can read this article at: https://www.botany.one/2021/09/the-use-of-moringa-extract-for-mite-management/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061034

Can electron microscopy techniques provide new insights into the development of primary phloem fibres in hemp?

You can read the original post at: https://www.botany.one/2021/09/a-microscopic-investigation-of-fibre-development-in-cannabis-sativa/

You can read the research at: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab044

How do you know that your antique violin really is as old as the seller claims? A close examination of plant cells in the body of the violin could help catch a counterfeiter.

You can read this online at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/botany-provides-a-tool-for-defeating-art-fraud/