The value of generalized linear mixed models for data analysis in the plant sciences

LV Madden, PS Ojiambo - Frontiers in Horticulture, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Modern data analysis typically involves the fitting of a statistical model to data, which
includes estimating the model parameters and their precision (standard errors) and testing …

Plant metabolic responses to soil herbicide residues differ under herbivory in two woodland strawberry genotypes

B Fuchs, M Helander, K Saikkonen, PI Dobrev… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) to control weeds has increased
exponentially in recent decades, and their residues and degradation products have been …

Timing of stolon removal alters daughter plant production and quality in the ever-bearing strawberry 'Albion'

X Shi, R Hernández, M Hoffmann - HortScience, 2021 - journals.ashs.org
Commercial strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa Duch.) plants propagate through the
development of stolons (runners) with attached daughter plants. While it is known that …

Genetic variation in herbivore resistance within a strawberry crop wild relative (Fragaria vesca L.)

D Weber, PA Egan, A Muola, JA Stenberg - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2020 - Springer
To decrease the dependency on chemical pesticides, the resistance of cultivated strawberry
to pests needs to be increased. While genetic resources within domesticated varieties are …

Pollinators and herbivores interactively shape selection on strawberry defence and attraction

PA Egan, A Muola, AL Parachnowitsch… - Evolution …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Tripartite interactions between plants, herbivores, and pollinators hold fitness consequences
for most angiosperms. However, little is known on how plants evolve in response—and in …

'Resistance Mixtures' Reduce Insect Herbivory in Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Plantations

TM Koski, S De Jong, A Muola, DB Amby… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The transition toward more sustainable plant protection with reduced pesticide use is
difficult, because there is no “silver bullet” available among nonchemical tools. Integrating …

Fire, leaf harvest, and abiotic factors drive demography of an ecologically and culturally important understory plant

G Hart‐Fredeluces, T Ticktin - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how multiple simultaneous drivers interact to influence plant demography is
critical for protecting plant diversity in the context of global change. Fire is a key disturbance …

Consumer pressure and supplemental pollination mediate shrub facilitation of a native annual desert plant

SM Haas-Desmarais, CJ Lortie - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
Shrubs are important factors in the assembly of desert plant and animal communities. By
providing shelter and resources to other plants and animals, shrubs can change plant …

Wild strawberry shows genetic variation in tolerance but not resistance to a generalist herbivore

M Wang, A Muola, P Anderson… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plants' defenses against herbivores usually include both resistance and tolerance
mechanisms. Their deployment has predominantly been studied in either single‐plant …