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Breathe in, breathe out
A paper in AoB PLANTS describes new methods for real-time monitoring of trace gases such as ethylene, nitric oxide and ethanol which play an important role in many areas of biology.
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The Intellect Tree
Celastrus paniculatus, “the intellect tree”, is a climbing shrub with medicinal properties found throughout India. And it’s under threat.
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A salty tale of life on the road
Teasels are an important species for wildlife, but they don’t like salt. Will they survive?
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Making more orchids
Although micropropagation is a common method these days, much of the science behind regeneration of whole plants from tiny specks of plant tissue remains uncertain.
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Plant establishment on unirrigated green roof modules in a subtropical climate
How useful is environmentally-friendly green roof technology in hostile climates?
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A Slice of the Wheat Genome
Considered by some to be the Mount Everest of crop genomes, the challenging wheat genome is close to being scaled. An international team has produced a
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How do cacti have sex?
You might think the answer is "very carefully", but in the case of Opuntia fragilis, it turns out to be "not at all&
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Gatsby Plant Science – Undergraduate Studentships
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Why are U.S. salt marshes falling apart?
Salt marshes have been disintegrating and dying over the past two decades along the U.S. Eastern seaboard and other highly developed coastlines, without anyone fully
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Swings and Roundabouts and Biofuel
The European Commission says clearing land in order to plant biofuel crops can often cancel out the environmental benefits of biofuel. In some cases forests are
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Phenotypic traits of Phragmites australis clones
Phragmites australis is a wetland grass with high genetic variability, augmented by its cosmopolitan distribution, clonal growth form and large variation in chromosome numbers. Different ploidy
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Pitcher plant uses power of the rain to trap prey
The Nepenthes gracilis pitcher plant, found in southeast Asia, has a unique, semi-slippery wax crystal surface on the underside of the pitcher lid. Researchers have