Nigel Chaffey takes a deep dive in Scott Zona's new book that explains to gardeners what it is that their plants are doing.
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Nigel Chaffey
Green ‘blooded’ trees in New Caledonia: nickel hyperaccumulation in the tropics
Mines in the future might be greener than they are now.
Juniper Kiss
The hyperactive heavy metal band
It has been said that humans try to understand plants for two reasons: Either to kill them better – e.g. if they are considered to be weeds that compete for resources with our crop plants – or to exploit them for human...
Phytomining Future Found in the Philippines?
Say hello to Rinorea niccolifera, described in the open-access journal PhytoKeys. The leaves of the plant are special. Like a few other plants around the world, R. niccolifera is a ‘hypernickelophore’. In...
Alun Salt
Heavy Metal Plant LIVES ON ROCK
If plants did rock out at concerts then the one above would definitely be Bornmuellera to be wild. Some plants like to be in sunlight in well-drained soils. Others need moist potting and the shade. Bornmuellera...
Nickel hyperaccumulation and systematics of Alysseae
Nickel hyperaccumulation and systematics of Alysseae Nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulation is a rare form of physiological specialization shared by a small number of angiosperms growing on ultramafic soils. Molecular...
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