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Dechang Cao: The Seeds of Fascination
Botany One interviews Dr Dechang Cao for Fascination for Plants Day and learn more about his life mission to understand the mysteries of seed germination.
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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.
Computational Models
Climate-Proof Wheat: Insights on Key Traits for Yield Stability in a Dynamic Environment
Assessing the impact of traits on wheat yield and stability under climate change.
Close Encounters
An acceptable elitism? Getting the best out of nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Marcela Mendoza-Suárez and colleagues have a new tool to turbocharge legumes.
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Males become female when striped maples take a health hit
Above a certain trauma threshold, male trees had a high probability of becoming female, possibly in a bid to better their chances at reproduction.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Aluminium-silicon interactions in higher plants: a brief personal history
How aluminium, silicon and two researchers are connected.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The Chemical Tools of Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous plants need to manufacture a variety of specialised chemicals to lure, trap and digest prey.
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Every little helps…
Each year International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March. This year’s theme is “collective individualism – how our individual actions, conversations, behaviours and mind-
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Does Viagra really help preserve flowers?
It is said that sildenafil citrate can help preserve flowers. Here’s an experiment that you could do at home, but probably shouldn’t, to find out.