Can the right partner mitigate harm? Rhizobial strains vary in their mediation of herbicide stress in a plant-rhizobia mutualism. [PDF]
Evol LettIriart V, Kubota N, Ashman TL.
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Utility‐scale solar energy (USSE) development generates novel questions regarding coupling clean energy production with terrestrial ecosystem services (e.g., forage production, pollinator support). We found that a USSE array sited in a fallowed cropland maintained a reseeded native plant community even a decade post‐restoration and that the array ...
Caitlin Robertson +2 more
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Legacy Effects of Different Preceding Crops on Grain Yield, Protein Fractions and Soil Nutrients in Subsequent Winter Wheat. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Wang R +6 more
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Is the leguminous flower closed?
, 2015 A variety of gynoecium types in the legume family is briefly reviewed in terms of phyllotaxis and spatial patterning. All variations can be narrowed down to changes in sizes of floral meristem and time of its proliferation. Increase in floral meristem size results in the initiation of more carpels, so the phyllotaxis of floral apex changes from ...
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Diverse Prairie Mixtures Stabilize Biomass Yields for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Meeting global demand for sustainable aviation fuel will require the additional production of vast quantities of plant biomass, which does not compete with food production or degrade sensitive ecosystems. Our multisite experiment shows that sowing diverse native prairie seed mixes—and managing them without intensive inputs—yields a more reliable ...
Craig R. See, Yi Yang, Jacob M. Jungers
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales +6 more
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Habitat and Canopy Position Influence Leaf Traits and Trait-Associations of a Large-Sized Leguminous Herb (<i>Crotalaria spectabilis</i>). [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Wang C +5 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Climate change and the growing demand for renewable energy are putting increasing pressure on land, as food production and solar power generation often compete for the same areas. In this study, we assessed which temperate‐region crops are best suited for agrivoltaics, a technology combining farming and solar electricity production on the same land. We
Salome Hauger +6 more
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Photosynthetic Characteristics of Poplar-Soybean Intercropping Systems in Response to Phenolic Acid Stress. [PDF]
Plants (Basel)Su S +10 more
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Breeding for multi‐stress resilience in crops: Myth or possibility?
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Climate change threatens millions of farmers worldwide by exposing crops to multiple concurrent or sequential environmental stresses such as drought, heat, waterlogging, and diseases. Although crops have long been selected under naturally occurring multi‐stress conditions, breeding pipelines largely focus on optimal or single‐stress environments ...
Hamid Khazaei +2 more
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