Evolutionary ecology: Plant volatile profile changes after escaping specialist insects. (2021)
Journal Article
Sobhy, I., & Bruce, T. (2021). Evolutionary ecology: Plant volatile profile changes after escaping specialist insects. Current Biology, R969 - R971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.043

Considerable debate surrounds the role of plant volatiles in plant defence against insects. A new study provides evidence for evolutionary changes in an invasive plant that support the defensive role of plant volatiles.

Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. (2021)
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(2021). Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L. Forests, 1 - 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070844

Female individuals of dioecious plants invest their resources more in storage and defence, and the males have higher nitrogen content invested in the production of pollen grains. An unresolved problem is whether this strategy occurs only in sexually... Read More about Defence Is a Priority in Female Juveniles and Adults of Taxus baccata L..

Temperate zone plant natural products – a novel resource for activity against tropical parasitic diseases (2021)
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Hameed, H., King, E., Doleckova, K., Bartholomew, B., Hollinshead, J., Mbye, H., …Price, H. (2021). Temperate zone plant natural products – a novel resource for activity against tropical parasitic diseases. Pharmaceuticals, 14(3), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph14030227

The use of plant-derived natural products for the treatment of tropical parasitic diseases often has ethnopharmacological origins. As such, plants grown in temperate regions remain largely untested for novel anti-parasitic activities. We describe her... Read More about Temperate zone plant natural products – a novel resource for activity against tropical parasitic diseases.

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata (2021)
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Thomas, P. A., Leski, T., La Porta, N., Dering, M., & Iszkulo, G. (2021). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata. Journal of Ecology, 109(1), 572-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13541

This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC (Midland hawthorn) (C. oxyacanthoides Thuill.) that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main topics are pres... Read More about Biological Flora of the British Isles: Crataegus laevigata.