Study of the normal functioning of plants and plant cells
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How would a warm winter affect maple sap production?
The past winter (2011-2012) was warmer than usual.
Trees are normally tapped in late February when the daily maximum temperature goes above freezing. However, assuming that there have been ...
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Is there any kind of immortality in plants?
I asked a question about immortality of hydra and leaned good things about senescence. Now I like to know about immortality signs in plants. If there is some kind of immortality in plants its process ...
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How does a plant decide when to grow a branch?
As a plant grows, at some point the first branch forms. As it continues, branches grow new branches, and so on, in a seemingly random way. Is it random, or is it driven by the environment (heat or ...
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Is there a standard definition for plant “maturity”?
Is there a species-agnostic metric for identifying plant maturity?
There seems to be plenty of literature defining life-history stages for specific crops, but it is not clear if there is a generic ...
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Relationship between biomass and net primary productivity
I want to do validation on simulated net primary productivity. But I don't have measured NPP data, Eddy covariance flux measurement data. I have only field measurement biomass data. So can I directly ...
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What controls the southern range of willows?
Many willows (Salix spp.) grow in northern states but do not grow in southern states, for example Salix viminalis.
What mechanisms control the southern range of temperate hardwoods such as willow? Is ...
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Where can I find approximate rates of sequestration of CO2 for different species of algae?
For a study, I want to compare the rates of CO2 sequestration and fixation of a few different species of algae.
I could not find any data on the sequestration rates. Any pointers to where I can find ...
