Nature documentaries make us believe that pitcher plants are highly skilled at trapping insects. In reality, a pitcher plant success rate is not that high, about 2%. This made scientist wonder if pitcher plants are really the predators we believe them to be.
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Attract and repel
About the effect of the composition of those scents researchers know relatively little. Do plants with a more divers scent bouquet also attract more pollinators? And what about its effect on bacteria?
Domesticated vs wild plants – the microbe edition
For the plant attraction of microbes is often useful. Therefore, the question was raised about how domestication and breeding influenced the attraction of microbes. A new study found out.
How soybeans get the most out of offered help
A symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi helps plants during nutrient shortages. But in legumes this is slightly different regulated. A new study analysing this finds that once the symbioses is initiated the plant actively recruits more microbes that help.
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