The Week in Botany July 7, 2025
This week, nectar with colour, plants with none, how small differences foster biodiversity and small gardens that bring us together.
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Researchers find social bonds grow in the soil of Warsaw’s gardens
Polish researchers discovered the secret to thriving urban gardens isn’t green thumbs or good soil, it’s the social networks gardeners build together.
Mapping Microclimates Could Transform Pollinator Conservation
Researchers discovered that tiny temperature differences within single farm fields can be more important than entire landscapes for bee foraging success.
The Week in Botany June 30, 2025
This week: Rocío Deanna on the importance of staying curious, the switch to agriculture in the Andes was neither fast nor furious, how caterpillars can be so injurious, and more…
Early Agriculture Was About Innovation Not Desperation
Isotope analysis reveals agricultural transition in the Andes was marked by remarkable stability, not the crisis archaeologists long assumed drove farming elsewhere.
Caterpillars Deploy Molecular Sabotage Against Plants
Scientists have discovered caterpillars inject chemical weapons into plants that shut down defences before they can even form.
Desert cities get powerful tree shade but miss out on the cooling effect that works elsewhere
Las Vegas trees create 17°C shade oases but can’t cool city air like temperate climates due to desert adaptations that limit transpiration.
The Week in Botany June 23, 2025
This week, extreme weather in the Amazon, extreme control of agriculture, David Alors on the challenges of expeditions, and more…
The Best Way to Farm on the Moon Uses Barely Any Fertiliser
Adding tiny amounts of organic waste transforms sterile lunar dust into farmland, but the secret lies in managing competing bacterial communities around plant roots.
Why won’t your African Violets stay the same colour?
Your colour-changing African violets aren’t misbehaving. They’re using sophisticated molecular switches that regulate their genes.
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