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A new lotus effect..?
A new phenomenon that has been identified in the lotus – opening and closing of ‘central plate stomata’ regulates convective airflow within the lotus plant.
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By Royal appointment…
A new Royal Charter will enhance the Institute of Horticulture’s ability to increase the profile, recognition and standing of professional horticulture.
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On track with Plant Trek
Dr Richard Stout’s free ‘book’ is entitled Plant Trek, and is focused on GM (genetic modification/manipulation/meddling)/GE (genetic engineering) and plants
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Botanists need to be more sociable…
Whether educators like it or not, it’s clear that having been brought up on digital/social media tools, students expect to see them used in botany teaching
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Tann-fastic, a new plant organelle(!!)
Jean-Marc Brillouet et al. have identified a new organelle in plant cells: the ‘tannosome’ is involved in the formation of condensed tannins.
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Say it with flowers?
Dani Nadel et al., have unearthed possibly the oldest example of the decoration of graves with plants.
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Chloroplasts are how old???
It is widely acknowledged that eukaryotic cells (you know, the ones with a membrane-bound nucleus and a variety of other membrane-bound organelles (cf. prokaryotes)
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Homage to a nanotubule…
Frequently, journals will devote a whole issue to a particular theme, maybe even to a single species (even whole journals are seemingly devoted to Arabidopsis thaliana…
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Relocation, relocation, relocation…
A study shows cold-induced organelle relocation in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, not only of chloroplasts, but nuclei and peroxisomes, too.
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Want to save €320 billion a year?
N-Fix exploits the ability of a specific strain of N-fixing bacteria found in sugar-cane, that can colonise cells of all major crop plants.
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Reaching the masses: true botanical evangelism
I don’t know what the average enrolment on a first-year university plant science course is, but I can guess that it isn’t more
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Finally, a little filler…
Cattails – one of the most useful plants ever?