Ecology

1. Fraenkel, G. S. The raison d’être of secondary plant substances. Science 129, 1466–1470 (1959). 2. Turlings, T. C. J. & Erb, M. Tritrophic interactions mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles: mechanisms, ecological relevance, and application potential. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 63, 433–452, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-020117-043507 (2018). 3. Turlings, T. C. J., Tumlinson, J. H. & Lewis, W. J. […] More

Cage experiment Cage experiments over two years identified significant differences in the pollination dependency of the five faba bean cultivars tested. There were no differences between the effect of tripping and cross pollination treatments in any cultivar or yield parameter measured (no significant posthoc contrast between any tripping and crossing treatments on the same cultivar) […] More

Site description The Park Grass Continuous Hay experiment was established by John Lawes and Henry Gilbert at Rothamsted (Harpenden, Herts, UK) in 1856. It was established on a site which had been in permanent pasture for at least 100 years before the experiment began44. It was started to test the effects of different combinations of […] More

1. Vickers, C. E., Gershenzon, J., Lerdau, M. T. & Loreto, F. A unified mechanism of action for volatile isoprenoids in plant abiotic stress. Nat. Chem. Biol. 5, 283, https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.158 (2009). 2. Veyrat, N., Robert, C. A. M., Turlings, T. C. J. & Erb, M. Herbivore intoxication as a potential primary function of an inducible […] More

1. Gorman, O. T. & Karr, J. R. Habitat Structure and Stream Fish Communities. Ecology 59, 507–515 (1978). Article Google Scholar 2. Vannote, R. L., Minshall, G. W., Cummins, K. W., Sedell, J. R. & Cushing, C. E. The River Continuum Concept. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 37, 130–137 (1980). Article Google Scholar 3. Penczak, […] More

Insects Laboratory-started nests of buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) were obtained from The Research Institute of Fodder Crops (Troubsko, Czech Republic)12. The nests were exposed to colonization by A. sociella L. (Pyralidae, Galleriinae) in the field (Prague area). In June/July, the bumblebee hives were situated in the garden and let parasitize by natural population of A. […] More

Genus-wide screening of Vigna reveals an evolutionary pattern of high biotic vs. low abiotic stress resilience Our findings show that sources of pest and disease resistance occur in at least 75 percent of the taxa, which were part of screening assessments. In contrast, sources of abiotic stress resilience occur in less than 30 percent of […] More

Germination and growth trials were undertaken from January – October 2018. Experiments were undertaken in incubators and growth cabinets which could be maintained at temperatures reflective of the altitudes that these species currently experience in Australia. Incubators were able to maintain low temperatures experienced in winter and had a PAR of 21 µmol m−2 s−1 […] More