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Ideotypes for yield in a changing climate – drought stress and beyond
We’re still at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We’ll be processing these to go on to YouTube. In the meantime you
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Generating, capturing and utilising genetic variation
We’re still at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We’ll be processing these to go on to YouTube. In the meantime you
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Climate change, land availability and biomass potential.
We’re at Bioenergy Genomics 2017, streaming talks when we can. We got two yesterday. How policy makers learned to start worrying and fell out of
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany 15
A round-up of the news that caught Twitter’s attention. Sign up to the email to get it earlier.
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Is Red the Signature of Life-Bearing Planets?
What colours should we be looking for from exoplanets if they hold life? New research from Japan suggests they could be more similar to Earth than previously thought.
AoB PLANTS
This Carnivorous Plant Needs Its Home to Burn
Like the mythical Phoenix, the Portuguese Sundew is reborn from ashes, but that’s a problem when people protect your habitat from flames.
Taxonomy & Evolution
How does a tree hide? Incadendron was concealed in the Andes forest
Hidden in plain sight – that’s how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes.
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AoBBlog and Botany One
What happened to AoBBlog and why Botany One? We’re evolving.
Ecosystems
Expanding forests can be bad news for the environment
You might think that increasing forest cover is good news in Brazil, but that’s not always the case, according to a new study.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany 12
We have a weekly email that we send out Monday mornings curating the botanical links we’ve shared on Twitter. Here’s the one we shared
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Uncovering the Plant Pompeii
While excavating in El Salvador, archaeologists sometimes found nothing at all – and that gave a surprising insight into what the ancient Maya grew.
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Dissecting the secrets of sexual attraction in orchids
How do pollinators drive evolution in flowering plants? A team from Calabria has investigated a relationship between insects and orchids.