Could Canola Canopy Architecture Affect Pathogen Infection by Impacting Flower Accumulation on Branches?

, a fungal pathogen of canola (), can cause yield losses exceeding 20%. An important route for disease is through infected flowers falling and accumulating on branches, which act as a source of inoculum to infect the stems, resulting in stem rot, wilting, plant collapse, and, ultimately, yield loss. The branching architecture of canola may affect infection by affecting flower accumulation in canopies; however, our understanding of this effect is limited.

Disconnect between settlement and fishery recruitment driven by decadal changes in nearshore habitats.

Submerged vegetation is critical to marine ecosystems and can function as recruitment habitats for commercially targeted species, such as the highly valuable Western Rock Lobster Panulirus cygnus. The development of vegetation indices for marine remote sensing has made tracking the extent and change of submerged vegetation in space and time possible. Vegetation changes may directly or indirectly affect the recruitment and population dynamics of animals that depend on these habitats.