Flowers on stalks Dandelions, daisies, but also the by researchers much loved tale cress, they all grow their leaves in a rosette. There is hardly a piece of stem between the leaves. The stem only starts growing when the plants start flowering. But the researchers noticed for tale cress, that when they grow in theContinue reading “Flowers on stalks”
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A nice smell
A nice smell Nectar and pollen making flowers attractive for pollinators. But not only pollinators, also florivores, flower eating insects, are attracted. Researchers from Germany wondered how pollinator and florivores react to the smells that flowers emit. It turned out that both pollinators and florivores alike are recognising and are attracted by the smell bouquetContinue reading “A nice smell”
Touch
Touch An obstacle influences plant growth. How a plant registers touch is not completely clear. Long did researchers think plants observe touch with help of their trichomes, the hairs on a leaf. But not all plants have hairy leaves. Now a group of American, German, and Danish researchers show that the pavement cells at theContinue reading “Touch”
Decoy
Decoy Pathogens, we rather not have them. But keeping them away or getting rid of them is not always that easy. Sometimes they take essential processes hostage. Processes which a plant can’t do without. This makes the ideal for pathogens to use them for their own growth. Still plants are not that easily to infect.Continue reading “Decoy”
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