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Volume 16(2);  2024 Feb

Review

Exitrons: offering new roles to retained introns—the novel regulators of protein diversity and utility
Muhammed Shamnas v, Akanksha Singh, Anuj Kumar, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Subodh Kumar Sinha
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae014. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae014
PMCID:
PMC10985678
Article PDF–14M

SPECIAL ISSUE: Floral Ecology, Genetics, and Evolution in an Unprecedentedly Fast Changing World

Studies

Vertebrates can be more important pollinators than invertebrates on islands: the case of Malva (=Lavatera) arborea L.
Cristina Robles, Víctor Romero-Egea, Anna Traveset, Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez, Sandra Hervías-Parejo
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae010. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae010
PMCID:
PMC10944019
Article PDF–45M

Studies

Near extinct Argyreia versicolor and rare Argyreia mekongensis are dependent on carpenter bee pollinators
Awapa Jirabanjongjit, Paweena Traiperm, Chakkrapong Rattanamanee, Alyssa B Stewart
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae001. Published online 2024 Jan 17. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae001
PMCID:
PMC10862652
Article PDF–1.4M
Soil seed bank dynamics of two invasive alien plants in Nigeria: implications for ecosystem restoration
Gbenga F Akomolafe, Rusly Rosazlina, Bernard Omomoh
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae003. Published online 2024 Jan 20. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae003
PMCID:
PMC10880880
Article PDF–37M
Mozambican Coffea accessions from Ibo and Quirimba Islands: identification and geographical distribution
Luciano Navarini, Davide Scaglione, Lorenzo Del Terra, Simone Scalabrin, Lopes Mavuque, Luca Turello, Rafael Nguenha, Gianluca Luongo
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae004. Published online 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae004
PMCID:
PMC10880890
Article PDF–30M
Leaf habit and plant architecture integrate whole-plant economics and contextualize trait–climate associations within ecologically diverse genus Rhododendron
Juliana S Medeiros, Jean H Burns, Callie Dowrey, Fiona Duong, Sarah Speroff
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae005. Published online 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae005
PMCID:
PMC10888519
Article PDF–12M
Effect of life cycle and venation pattern on the coordination between stomatal and vein densities of herbs
Guolan Liu, Peili Fu, Qinggong Mao, Jiangbao Xia, Wanli Zhao
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae007. Published online 2024 Feb 20. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae007
PMCID:
PMC10908534
Article PDF–14M
Genome-wide investigation of SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like genes in Liriodendron and functional characterization of LcSPL2
Yu Zhang, Qinghua Hu, Xinyu Zhai, Zhonghua Tu, Jing Wang, Minxin Wang, Huogen Li
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae008. Published online 2024 Feb 20. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae008
PMCID:
PMC10908533
Article PDF–46M
Selfing in epiphytic bromeliads compensates for the limited pollination services provided by nectarivorous bats in a neotropical montane forest
Stephanie Núñez-Hidalgo, Alfredo Cascante-Marín
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae011. Published online 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae011
PMCID:
PMC10944016
Article PDF–24M
Schizachyrium scoparium (C4) better tolerates drought than Andropogon gerardii (C4) via constant CO2 supply for photosynthesis during water stress
Alina Dekirmenjian, Diego Montano, Michelle L Budny, Nathan P Lemoine
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae012. Published online 2024 Mar 8. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae012
PMCID:
PMC10944017
Article PDF–6.9M
Symbiotic fungi from a wild grass (Celtica gigantea) increase the growth, grain yield and quality of tritordeum under field conditions
Iñigo Zabalgogeazcoa, Juan B Arellano, Elena Mellado-Ortega, Francisco Barro, Ana Martínez-Castilla, Virginia González-Blanco, Beatriz R Vázquez de Aldana
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae013. Published online 2024 Mar 15. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae013
PMCID:
PMC11005784
Article PDF–27M
Humic acid improves wheat growth by modulating auxin and cytokinin biosynthesis pathways
Pramod Rathor, Punita Upadhyay, Aman Ullah, Linda Yuya Gorim, Malinda S Thilakarathna
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae018. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae018
PMCID:
PMC11005776
Article PDF–37M

Tools

Development and application of an inexpensive open-source dendrometer for detecting xylem water potential and radial stem growth at high spatial and temporal resolution
Sean M Gleason, Jared J Stewart, Brendan Allen, Stephanie K Polutchko, Jordan McMahon, Daniel Spitzer, David M Barnard
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae009. Published online 2024 Feb 28. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae009
PMCID:
PMC10953470
Article PDF–19M

Viewpoint

A possible pattern in the evolution of male meiotic cytokinesis in angiosperms
Mingli Hu, Zhanhong Ren, Ning Rong, Mei Bai, Hong Wu, Ming Yang
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae017. Published online 2024 Mar 26. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae017
PMCID:
PMC10998459
Article PDF–21M

Correction

Correction to: Degeneration of oil bodies by rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)-associated protein during seed germination in Cannabis sativa L.
AoB Plants. 2024 Feb; 16(2): plae006. Published online 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plae006
Corrects:
AoB Plants. 2023 Dec; 15(6): plad082.
PMCID:
PMC10860383
Correction PDF–646K
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