Damage encourages maple species to become female, Rutgers study finds

Damage encourages maple species to become female, Rutgers study finds 02/28/2018 09:44 AM EST Jennifer Blake-Mahmud reports that striped maples not only change their sex periodically, but that they can wait until the last minute - three weeks before flowering - to do it. The switch appears to be triggered by physical damage, which can prompt a branch to flower female if it's cut off a male tree. Full story at https://news.rutgers.edu/damage-encourages-male-maple-species-become-female-rutgers-study-finds/20180221#.WpQzeLpFxMN Source Rutgers University This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111