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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Electronic Eyes Spy an Invasive Species
In the age-old battle against invasive species, conservationists have a new ally: social media users and their geotagged photos.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Engineered increase in mesophyll conductance improves photosynthetic efficiency in field trial
Overexpressing the CGR3 gene in a model crop led to a remarkable 8% increase in photosynthesis.
Growth & Development
Open-Source Dendrometers for Real-Time Plant Water Monitoring
Scientists have developed an open-source instrument that can measure how much water plants have without hurting them, helping us understand plants better and use water for farming more wisely.
Taxonomy & Evolution
A Universal Theory of Sex
Plants and animals overwhelmingly reproduce sexually, but why gamble with the DNA like that?
Close Encounters
Forest Loss Leads to Less Diverse Diets for Orchid Bees
Orchid Bees are thought to have generalist diets, but take forest plants from the menu, and they become a lot less successful.
Computational Models
Symphony of Insights: Transforming Crop Simulation with Sound and Music
Revolutionizing scientific communication and insight through auditory and visual representations.
Close Encounters
How an Italian butterfly is navigating the Anthropocene
A new study reveals that endangered butterflies can find unlikely refuge in cities, if urban greenspaces are managed with connectivity in mind.
Growth & Development
Researchers shine a light on iridescent leaves
Some plant leaves are blue, but have no blue pigments. How does that work?