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Can fluorescence microscopy be used as a rapid tool to quantitatively assess the phenolic profiles of living plant tissues?

You can read the report at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/fluorescence-imaging-reveals-the-colourful-phenolic-world-of-parma-violet/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab041

Nigel Chaffey reviewsThe plant hunter’s atlas: A world tour of botanical adventures, chance discoveries and strange specimens by Ambra Edwards.

You can read the (slightly longer review) at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/the-who-when-where-of-global-plant-discovery/

Integrated growth and metabolic models predict the metabolism of rice growth under normal and water-limited conditions.

You can read the post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/predicting-rice-yield-under-drought/

You can read the #OpenAccess research for free from in silico Plants at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab020

Can differences in xylem anatomy explain the contrasting responses of two olive cultivars to infection by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa?

You can read this post online at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/susceptibility-to-olive-quick-decline-syndrome-is-linked-to-xylem-anatomy/

The original research is available free from AoB PLANTS at https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab027

Some people fixate on honey bees as essential for pollination. Reality is more complicated. For one species, honey bee visits actively harm its chances of pollinating a partner.

You can read the post on Botany One at https://www.botany.one/2021/09/honey-bees-are-bad-news-for-some-plants-in-search-of-pollination/ from 1800 UTC on Sept 1.

The Original research is at https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3497 in the ESA journal Ecology.

Models fill in the data gaps to identify genotypes to maximize yield across the NE Australian wheat-belt under climate change.

You can read the original post after 1500 UTC, August 31 at https://www.botany.one/2021/08/wheat-adaptation-to-climate-change/

You can read the original article for free from in silico Plants at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab018

You can read this, with links to papers, on Botany One from 10:00 UTC at https://www.botany.one/2021/08/the-diversity-and-capacity-of-maize-to-adapt-to-a-changing-climate-rests-in-the-hands-of-farmers/

The paper the story is based on is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10249-3

You can read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/08/regulation-of-flowering-time-in-japanese-wild-radish/

You can read the post at https://www.botany.one/2021/08/half-of-all-plants-have-never-been-photographed-in-the-wild

You can read the original research at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-00974-2

You can read this at Botany One at: https://www.botany.one/2021/08/creosote-branches-dance-even-after-death/

The original paper is at: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3705