Meeting Plant Scientists
Adriana Romero-Olivares: "Fungi Are Both Charismatic and Mysterious"
Botany One interviews Dr Adriana Romero-Olivares, who is intrigued by fungi and the key role they have for ecosystem functioning.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Alex Bowles: on the Ordinary yet Extraordinary Life of Plants
Botany One interviews Dr Alexander Bowles, an evolutionary botanist interested in the processes that have driven plant and algae diversity
Close Encounters
Not All Seeds Survive the Vault: Rethinking Seed Banking for Chile’s Trees
The discovery that one in five Chilean tree species has desiccation-sensitive seeds challenges a cornerstone of conservation and calls for innovative solutions.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Luiza Teixeira-Costa: Strange Lives of Plants and Their Human Stories
Botany One interviews Dr Luiza Teixeira-Costa, a Brazilian botanist working in the integration of botany and environmental humanities.
Ecosystems
Sowing for a Warmer Britain: Are Wildflower Seeds Climate-Ready?
A new study reveals that most UK wildflower seeds can handle rising temperatures, but a few key species may struggle to germinate in the Britain of tomorrow.
Close Encounters
Tracking and Conserving an Endangered Plant from Brazil’s Rocky Outcrops
A multidisciplinary hunt uncovers new populations of an endemic plant, while exposing the fragile balance that keeps it from disappearing.
Ecosystems
Climate Change Threatens Alpine Plants Before They Ever Get the Chance to Grow
New experiments in the Australian Alps reveal how warming, drought and fire quietly undermine plant survival.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Bianca Schindler: Vellozias and the Biodiversity Puzzle
Botany One interviews Bianca Schindler, a Brazilian botanist whose PhD research aims to document the diversity of the "canelas-de-ema" from Central Brazil and conserve them.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez: From Eating Capulines to Researching Arctic Seeds
Botany One interviews Dr Jerónimo Vázquez-Ramírez, a Mexican ecologist who has travelled around to research how plants regenerate through seeds and how it can better inform biodiversity conservation and restoration.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Natalia Pabón-Mora: “Plants are Endlessly Inventive”
Botany One interviews Dr Natalia Pabón-Mora, a Colombian botanist fascinated with plant evolution and developmental biology.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Kasey Barton: “Seedlings Are Not Merely Smaller Adult Plants”
Botany One interviews Dr Kasey Barton, one of the editors of an upcoming Special Issue at Annals of Botany.
Meeting Plant Scientists
Santiago Ramírez-Barahona: “There is Always Something New With Plants”
Botany One interviews Dr Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, a Mexican scientist fascinated with tree ferns, cloud forests and plant evolution.