Editor’s Choice (111:03): The role of mucilage in protecting seeds from predation
The editor’s choice for our March issue is “Sandy seeds: Armour or invisibility cloak? Mucilage-bound sand physically protects seeds from rodents and invertebrates“ by Eric LoPresti et al. Here, Associate Editor Michał Bogdziewicz discusses the importance of this research: Seeds are the fundamental units of plant reproduction, critical to the persistence and distribution of plant populations.…