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Plant-animal interactions deal with wildfires in unexpected ways
A guest post by Yedra García, María Clara Castellanos and Juli G. Pausas Wildfires might seem like dramatic events, even in ecosystems where they are fully
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Elevated carbon dioxide: Getting to the root of the problem
How will plants respond to rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere? Botanists at BIFoR, the Birmingham Institute for Forest Research have gone underground to find some of the answers.
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Germination in the Cerrado is unique
How rapidly does a seed need to germinate to survive? In Brazil’s Cerrado, it’s not just about speed, but starting at the right time.
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Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle : un des plus grands herbiers du monde à Paris
C’est au 17ème siècle que fut créé le Jardin des Plantes de Paris, dans un but premier de conservation de plantes médicinales, à une époque
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The National Museum of Natural History in Paris: one of the largest herbaria in the world
Karine Alix introduces a blog post by her students about a visit to the herbarium of the National Museum of Natural History of the Jardin des
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How hard is it to use plant computational models? Ask our students!
How scary are plant models? Students at Université catholique de Louvain have been finding out.
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Est-il difficile d’utiliser des modèles informatiques de plantes? Demandez à nos étudiants!
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Plant Records: The ever thirsty sugarcane
You might like a drink at Christmas, but Jenna Loiseau finds that sugarcane is REALLY thirsty.
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Creative Destruction: How Death Leads to Function
Marcos Buckeridge explains how death and destruction in sugarcane roots can lead to the development of gas spaces, which improve root function.
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Choosing learning over knowing
Is academia about having the right answers to problems? Emily Larson argues that it’s the process of getting there that’s important.
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Annals of Botany Company member steps-down after 37 years
David Cutler, a former Chief Editor of the Annals of Botany, is retiring from the Company.
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The Switch To Generation Sex…
Hugh Dickinson on a new article in Science that sheds more light on the Alternation of the Generations. When does a diploid plant decide to become