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.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
What Made Two Distant Palm Species Choose the Same Sexual Strategy?
Rare sex chromosomes discovered in distant palm relatives reveal remarkable evolutionary convergence, potentially revolutionising crop breeding for fruit-bearing species.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany December 15, 2025
This week, surprising seedlings, how to make a duck a better gardener, aging blooms and more.
Growth & Development
Cannabis Cultivation: Scientific Advice to Reach New Highs
New research provides fascinating insights into the genetic and molecular basis behind the growth of two chemovars of Cannabis.
Growth & Development
The surprising reason waterfowl make better gardeners when they’re airborne
Migrating ducks scatter plant seeds across continents, but research shows their botanical gift works best when the “wrapping” disappears.
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.
Growth & Development
What Lies Beneath Matters for What Grows Above in Grapevines
Choosing the right rootstock can dramatically reshape a grapevine’s entire architecture, offering winemakers a powerful tool to match vines to challenging growing conditions.
Growth & Development
How Aging Flowers Boost Male Success
Flowers use subtle cues and steady resource release to maximise reproduction over their short lifespan.
The Week in Botany
The Week in Botany December 8, 2025
This week, butterflies in the urban jungle, fire-fighting mosses and more…
Growth & Development
Banking seeds for tomorrow
Seeds banks provide a lifeline to species going extinct
Taxonomy & Evolution
This South African Gladiolus Might Actually Be Seven Species in Disguise
Gladiolas separated by space and time may be evolving into separate species
Ecosystems
Miniature, Yet Fire-Resilient: What Mosses Can Teach Us on a Warming Planet?
In the Cangas, where the soil boils under the sun and fire turns everything into ash, tiny mosses found their way to endure.