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Lecturer Position in Botany and Plant Science at Galway
NUI Galway are looking to appoint a new Lecturer in Botany and Plant Sciences. The deadline is 17:00 GMT, June 18, 2015. Applications are invited
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Sexually deceptive orchids
The Chiloglottis trapeziformis orchid attracts male wasp pollinators using chiloglottones, a newly discovered class of volatile substances.
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How American should an American Chestnut be?
The American Chestnut used to rule the forests of North America. However in the early 20th century a blight almost wiped them out. Billions of trees
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Trees? Tibetan dendrochronologists don’t need trees!
Everyone knows that you can age a tree by counting its rings, and the width of those rings is a record of climate. But do you
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Drinking in the name of SCIENCE!
I’m used to Science driving people to drink, but next week it’s hoped that drink will drive people to Science. The Pint of Science
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Why are carnivorous plants?
A new paper in Annals of Botany reviews the cost–benefit model for the evolution of botanical carnivores.
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Biodiversity flourishes in an ancient rubbish tip
The preservation of archeological sites does not always overlap with the conservation of biodiversity. At the most basic level, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
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Co-ordinated carbohydrate metabolism and hormone synthesis enables plants to survive unfavourable field conditions
Chrysolaena obovata, an aster of the Brazilian Cerrado, presents seasonal growth, marked by senescence of aerial organs in winter and subsequent regrowth at the end of
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Reaction of Tibetan plants to climate change
A novel aspect of how climate change might affect plant–pollinator interactions and plant reproduction.
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For one flower, bad hair days are the best days
If you want to please Leucospermum arenarium (Proteaceae) you’d better leave brushes and combs alone, as it has an unusual way to get pollinated. Plenty
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Adventitious root formation in rice
A new study examines the role of plant hormones in mediating production of adventious roots in rice.
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Stomatal density and aperture in non-vascular plants are non-responsive to above-ambient CO2 concentrations
Stomata are one of the crucial adaptations in the evolution of the land flora and the development of the terrestrial landscape and atmosphere on Earth. These