What We're Reading: January 18th
WWR Full PostPhysiologia Plantarum Special Issue: Root Biology
The year 2019 kicks off with a special issue on root biology, with all articles free to access for six months. Topics include interactions of roots with parasites and symbionts, root branching, transport in the root system, and roots of woody species.…
What We're Reading: January 11th
WWR Full PostThis week’s edition is guest edited by Arif Ashraf, a PhD student at Iwate University, Japan and Graduate Student Ambassador of ASPB (NOTE: Apply by January 15th to be an ASPB ambassador). His research interest is understanding the hormonal interplay in primary root development of Arabidopsis thaliana.…
Looking Back on 2018 - What You’re* Reading
WWR Full PostA look back at the most popular articles shared on Plantae social media in 2018.
Plantae Social Media Interns Katie Rogers and Juniper Kiss have been reviewing the 2018 stats. Previously they shared the most popular posts overall. Here, they share the posts to research and review articles that got…
Happy New Year from ASPB, Plant Cell, Plant Phys and Plant Direct, and me!
Blog, Plant Science Research Weekly, WWR Full PostI don't think that 2018 will be on too many lists of "favorite years"; nevertheless, there have been many bright spots.
My personal highlights all center on interactions with early-career scientists, whose energy and enthusiasm propel plant science towards the future.
In 2018 I had the pleasure of…
Plant Science Research Weekly: December 21st
WWR Full PostWelcome to the penultimate 2018 collection of plant research highlights. Starting this week, for search engine optimization (SEO) purposes we are renaming the series "Plant Science Research Weekly". We thank contributors and readers for their ongoing support.
We started this project more than two…
What We're Reading: December 14th
WWR Full PostOpinion: A canopy conundrum: can wind-induced movement help to increase crop productivity by relieving photosynthetic limitations? ($)
High wind speeds may result in substantial damage to crop canopies, resulting in a loss of productivity. Lower wind speeds affect crop canopies in different ways…
What We're Reading: December 7th
WWR Full PostNew journal launched – Plants, People, Planet
Congratulations to everyone involved in the launch of the new journal Plants, People, Planet, “… a new cross-disciplinary Open Access journal from the New Phytologist Trust focusing on the interface between plants and society.” I’m sure that…
What We're Reading: November 30th
WWR Full PostOpinion: Limits to tree growth and longevity ($)
I think trees are awesome, and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. They dwarf us in height, and when we look at a tree that has lived for hundreds or thousands of years it is impossible not to think of that span in terms of human generations…
What We're Reading: November 23rd
WWR Full PostEditorial. Counting what counts: the importance of quantitative approaches to studying plant cell biology
In the new Cell Biology issue of Current Opinion in Plant Biology, editors Haswell and Dixit have chosen to focus on quantitative cell biology, arguing that, “if seeing is believing, then measuring…