🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how seed age, seed size, maternal climate, and soil conditions shape the germination and early growth of the rare coastal endemic Iberodes littoralis subsp. gallaecica Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q5xw @xuliasv.bsky.social @biogeography-usc.bsky.social

♻️ Mycoheterotrophy and plastid genome evolution in the early-diverging epidendroid orchid tribe Nervilieae: independent transitions in Epipogium and Stereosandra by Craig Barrett and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Root stomata in Conium maculatum (Apiaceae): anatomically verified occurrence and a comparative survey across Apioideae by Zahra Khazaei and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Wide diversity in narrow geographic space: genetic, morphological and ploidy variation in three Central European Crataegus species with emphasis on their reproductive modes by Soňa Píšová and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🧬 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring the origins of herbicide-resistant Brassica rapa in Argentina, showing that resistant and susceptible populations are closely related and that resistance likely evolved through local gene flow and transgene escape. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q5xx

♻️ Root contraction does not increase long-term population growth in Pediocactus bradyi, an endangered cactus of Northern Arizona by Julieta Rojas-Pimentel and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌾 New article in @aobp.bsky.social investigating how high nighttime temperatures affect rice yield and grain quality, showing that early-maturing rice varieties are more resilient to heat stress and could help improve crop adaptation under warming climates. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q5xz

♻️ Interspecific variation of functional traits in saplings of three Amazonian species under drought stress and recovery by Zilza Guimarães and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qrgn #PlantScience

♻️ Comparative transcriptome analysis provides insights into the gene regulation network of cytoplasmic male sterility in chilli pepper by Meng Wang and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qrgm #PlantScience

♻️ Biotic pressure outweighs the influence of resource availability on physical defence investment in a tropical tree by Bio Barriou Babah Daouda and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌿💧 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how moss traits shape soil hydrology, showing that species like Thuidium tamariscinum and Rhytidiadelphus loreus can reduce runoff and erosion, with shoot density playing a key role. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qzxf #PlantScience

Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors 🌳 With expertise in photosynthesis, respiration, and how large trees respond to climate change, Kristine Crous brings deep field-based insight and a passion for understanding plants in a changing world. Get to know her in our #MeetTheEditor feature

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring the spread of Kalanchoe × houghtonii in Mediterranean coastal habitats, highlighting its invasive potential and risks to endemic species. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q3xt #PlantScience

♻️ Chemical composition and transcriptomic analysis revealed the dynamic changes of saponins during the growth of Panax japonicus var. major by Yidan Peng and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌾 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring the adaptive role of the red pericarp trait in rice, suggesting it does not confer deep seed dormancy, but may enhance seed survival by improving tolerance to low temperatures. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q3xs #PlantScience

♻️ Leaf temperatures exceed thermal heat tolerances for a community of eastern North America hardwood trees by Joe Endris and Evan Rehm Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌿New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how climate warming shapes the interaction between invasive plants and their parasitic biocontrol agents. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/q3xr #PlantScience

♻️ Thriving in the tropics: spatial variation in heat resilience in the early diverging land plant, Marchantia inflexa by Hansika Herath and Nicholas McLetchie Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌾 From salinity tolerance to crop resilience, Showkat studies how plants respond to challenging environments. 💡 Clear questions, strong design, and reproducibility matter. Get to know him in our latest #MeetTheEditor feature @sganie.bsky.social

♻️ Novel perspectives on plastome evolution in Onagraceae by Chia-Ying Ou and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

From Pot Plant to Cliff Invader 🌿 New post on @botany.one 👉https://botany.fyi/m4ib99 Based on @aobp.bsky.social article 👉 doi.org/q3xt

♻️ Everything everywhere all at once? Disentangling the long-lasting riddle of phylogenetic relationships and cryptic hybridization in the amphitropical genus Larrea by María Paula Quiroga and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌱🌡️ New article in @aobp.bsky.social shows how temperature fluctuations, not just rising averages, can reduce growth in Wolffia globosa, highlighting both vulnerabilities and its potential as a resilient future food source under climate change. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qzxk #PlantScience

♻️ An ecological, phenotypic, and genomic survey of duckweeds with their associated aquatic environments in the United Kingdom by Kellie Smith and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌱Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌼 With a focus on pollination ecology & plant reproductive biology, Pedro Bergamo brings a passion for plant–animal interactions and a sharp eye for meaningful research questions to AoB PLANTS. Get to know him in our latest #MeetTheEditor feature

♻️ LIFE 4 Pollinators’ platform: How citizen science can help monitoring plants and pollinators by Fortunato Fulvio Bitonto and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌱🐌 New article in @aobp.bsky.social tests whether herbivore cues trigger early defences in trees, finding that Acer saccharum shows no response to mucus from the invasive slug Arion subfuscus, highlighting limits to plant defence priming in woody species. 👉 doi.org/qzxp

♻️ Bumblebee visitation and pollen dynamics in Palicourea coriacea (Rubiaceae): does coflowering with congeneric species matter? by Rocío Pérez-Barrales and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌾 New article in @aobp.bsky.social reveals hidden reproductive constraints in Aristida beyrichiana, showing that despite high seed production, only outcrossed seeds are viable due to strong inbreeding depression, with important implications for restoration. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qzxj

♻️ Pollination effectiveness affects the level of generalisation of a plant species with phenotypically plastic flowers by José Gómez and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌱 Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors. 🌾 Exploring plant–environment interactions across ecological to molecular scales, @gabyplantbio.bsky.social brings curiosity, editorial insight, and a passion for scholarly publishing to AoB PLANTS. Get to know her in our #MeetTheEditor feature

♻️ The impact of shade on whole-plant carbon allocation in a dominant East African tree sapling by Gabriella Mizell and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌱 New article in @aobp.bsky.social explores how hybridization between crops and weeds can boost “weediness” in Raphanus sativus, showing that hybrids can grow larger and potentially outcompete both crops and wild relatives. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qzxd #PlantScience

♻️ Comparative plastomes of five Psittacanthus species: genome organization, structural features, and patterns of pseudogenization and gene loss by Saddan Morales-Saldaña and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌸🐝 New article in @aobp.bsky.social explores how shifts in pollinators across space and time help maintain flower colour diversity in Anemone coronaria, linking insect preferences to when and where different colours bloom. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qzw3 #PlantScience

♻️ Structure and ultrastructure of nuptial and extranuptial nectaries explain secretion changes throughout flower lifetime and allow for multiple ecological interactions by Hannelise Balduino and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Drought tolerance of cowpea is associated with rapid abscisic acid biosynthesis via VuWRKY57 in root by Misaki Tochihara-Tanaka and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Nutritional and physiological limitations shape the radiation-use efficiency response to legume proportion in C4 grass–legume mixtures by Nicolas Caram and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🍃 New article in @aobp.bsky.social finds that pigments and plant architecture allow Rhododendron minus seedlings to cope with contrasting light conditions. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Young apple tree development under agroforestry radiative conditions: a multi-scale morphological and architectural dataset by Francesco Reyes and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🍃 New article in @aobp.bsky.social showing that dominant species in a tropical urban wetland display distinct leaf traits and physiological strategies shaped by seasonality and soil conditions. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Differentiation in water adaptation strategy between epiphytic and terrestrial species of Cymbidium, Orchidaceae by Tian-Yang Gao and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ Seeing right through it: X-ray analyses of Uniola paniculata L. spikelets reveal seed production patterns across a wide spatial distribution by Héctor Pérez and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

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♻️ Fine-scale genetic differentiation in the bee-specialized Antirrhinum charidemi covaries more strongly with spatial isolation than with corolla colour by Myriam Heuertz and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring plant–soil feedbacks during biological invasions. A greenhouse experiment shows how soil conditioning by the invader Oncosiphon pilulifer affects native plant growth and mycorrhizal colonization. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/qt68 #PlantScience

Great journals are shaped by thoughtful editors 🌱 With a focus on evolutionary ecology, phenotypic variation, and climate stress, @smatesanz.bsky.social brings a passion for big questions, innovative thinking, and rigorous science to AoB PLANTS Get to know her in our latest #MeetTheEditor feature

🍅 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how temperature affects tomato yield. Researchers developed a model linking temperature stress to pollen quality, seed set, and fruit mass to better predict crop performance. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ The water-related traits of flowers are more conservative than those of leaves for epiphytic and terrestrial species in Cymbidium, Orchidaceae by Feng-Ping Zhang and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

♻️ The impact of drought stress under different soil matrices on physiological characteristics of soybean seedlings by Wei Zhao and co-authors. Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience