Alun Salt

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Alun is the Producer for Botany One. It's his job to keep the server running. He's not a botanist, but started running into them on a regular basis while working on writing modules for an Interdisciplinary Science course and, later, helping teach mathematics to Biologists. His degrees are in archaeology and ancient history.

Reviews

The Garden Jungle by Dave Goulson

Alun Salt - March 30, 2020 0

(or Gardening to Save the Planet) On my every growing to-do list is create...

Articles

Twitter for Science Networking

Alun Salt - March 23, 2020 0

Suddenly can't network at conferences? How could you network on Twitter?

Jobs

Wanted: an Editor-in-Chief for a Botanical website

Alun Salt - March 6, 2020 0

Could you edit Botany One?

Taxonomy & Evolution

Temporal patterns of Brassicaceae diversification

Alun Salt - March 4, 2020 0

Huang et al. propose that whole genome duplication events serve as a constant pump for continuous and high species diversification.

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Does Viagra really help preserve flowers?

Alun Salt - February 14, 2020 1

It is said that sildenafil citrate can help preserve flowers. Here's an experiment that you could do at home, but probably shouldn't, to find out.

Reviews

Nature Table – BBC Radio 4

Alun Salt - February 12, 2020 0

BBC Radio 4 has a new science-comedy crossover show.

Conferences

The Next Generation of Natural Historians

Alun Salt - February 11, 2020 0

The Linnean Society held its second student conference last Friday, Student Spotlights 2020: Discover the next generation of natural historians. I had...

Plants & People

Grow your own Martian salad

Alun Salt - January 24, 2020 0

A Martian diet might aid your health on Earth (but there are probably better interventions you should try first)

Computational Models

From stable rules to complex shapes in plant modelling

Alun Salt - January 20, 2020 0

How can models capture the complexity and variation of plant phenotypes? Vidal and Andrieu have taken a look at maize.

Cells, Genes & Molecules

How do plants perceive damage to themselves?

Alun Salt - January 10, 2020 0

Plants use receptor proteins on the surface of their cells to recognise danger signals from pathogens. A paper recently published by Li, Wang...

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Cells, Genes & Molecules Alex Assiry - April 5, 2020 0

The genus Allium L., one of the largest monocotyledonous genera and one that includes many economically important crops with nutritional and medicinal...

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Growth & Development Alex Assiry - April 4, 2020 0

How do plants react when circumstances change? One method can be to evolve a local adaptation. Another can be be phenotypic plasticity,...

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Growth & Development Fi Gennu - April 3, 2020 0

When fungal infection comes to Pinus radiata, it can run through the bottom of the crown of the tree, removing its leaves....

How do you get more DNA down a pollen tube?

Cells, Genes & Molecules Alex Assiry - April 2, 2020 0

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