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Plants typically allocate axillary meristems to one of three principal fates: growth (G), reproduction (R), or inactivity (I). The latter is commonly enforced by ‘apical dominance’, promoting a growth form that favours vertical shoot extension — mediated by the effects of auxin …

Bees have played an important role throughout human history; from cultural traditions to medicine, bees have been interwoven into our society. They have also been scientifically studied for thousands of years as they play integral roles in both our agricultural systems and natur…

Consumption binds the worlds of production and marketing to possession and ownership, satisfying the consumer’s functional wants and needs, but also fulfilling hedonic desires related to self-gratification and recreational aspiration. Across the last fifty years, growing consume…