Dechang Cao: The Seeds of Fascination
Botany One interviews Dr Dechang Cao for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about his life mission to understand the mysteries of seed germination.
Charlotte Taylor: “Looking at Plants is Never Boring and Endlessly Fascinating”
Botany One interviews Dr Charlotte M. Taylor for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about her passion for taxonomy and puzzles.
Daniela Boanares: “We Need to Understand Plants if We Want to Thrive on this Planet”
Botany One interviews Dr Daniela Boanares for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about her quest to unravel the mechanisms behind foliar water uptake in megadiverse ecosystems.
Hervé Sauquet: Never Looking at Flowers the Same Way
Botany One interviews Dr Hervé Sauquet for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about his mission to understand the evolution of flowers.
Kelsey Byers: “See the world through the plant’s perspective!”
Botany One interviews Dr Kelsey Byers for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about her research on the evolution of floral scent.
From the Seed Bank to the Field: What Storage Does to the Seeds of an Alpine Grass?
Seeds are usually stored before they are sown, but does this induce any kind of change in them? Chen and colleagues bring us a fascinating study of a Tibetan grass species to answer this question.
How to Live on a Hot, Dry Rock: Different Solutions to the Same Problem
Exciting new research unveils the ecological and physiological secrets for different plants to thrive and coexist in an extreme tropical environment.
Unlocking the Tiny Secrets to Grow the World’s Largest Flowers
Since germinating Rafflesia seeds has brought so many headaches, Dr Jeanmarie Molina and her team have analysed the genes expressed on its seeds to draw up a roadmap for their propagation and conservation.
Traitor: Unleashing the Power of Automation for Studying Seed Traits
Are you using callipers and microscopes to measure seeds? Well, not anymore! Traitor comes to the rescue of seed scientists and technicians.
Introducing Carlos Andrés Ordóñez Parra, our new Science Editor
Another new editor comes to Botany One, this time from South America.
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