Because they’re not red(!)
Although red algae contain green chlorophyll, their red coloration is a result of large amounts of non-green pigments such as phycoerythrin.
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Blessed are the peas-makers…
Given the importance of chickpeas, arguably the more genomes the better, not least in helping efforts to develop more drought-tolerant forms.
The positives of parasitic plants(!)
Parasitic plants tend to get a bad press. Unfairly?
An over-abundance of nitrogen…?
Nitrogen is an essential macronutrient for plants – they cannot complete their life cycle without it – and is needed in relatively large amounts.
Gum’s the word
There are two types of people in the world: those who chew gum, and those who don’t.
Has spring sprung yet?
It’s not just humans waiting for Spring – recent research reveals that microbes are also looking forward to the new growth of plants.
Roles for calcium: numero uno
One important function of calcium is the part it plays in the water-splitting reaction of photosynthesis.
Time for some carbs, now
Carbohydrates and plants means more than just sucrose, starch and cellulose.
PDL stops the rot
Who’d have thought it? juice from the fruit of the date palm Phoenix dactylifera inhibits corrosion of aluminium alloy in salt water.
Chlorophyllous catwalk… (Or, Hemerocallis, the ‘lily’ whose day has come?)
What have Arabidopsis thaliana, Lotus japonicus, Zea mays, Lemna gibba and Hemerocallis got in common? They’re all model plants.
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