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Dale Maylea

Dale Maylea was a system for adding value to press releases. Now he's a manual algorithm for blogging any papers that Alun Salt thinks are interesting. The idea being telling people about an interesting paper NOW beats telling people about an interesting paper at some time in the future, when there's time to sit down and take things slowly.
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Close Encounters

Bats protect young trees from insect damage, with three times fewer bugs

Not only did the bats reduce the number of caterpillars, they also reduced defoliation by a factor of five.

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaNovember 2, 2022November 2, 2022
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Ecosystems

Vegetation regulates energy exchange in the arctic

Despite the importance of high-latitude surface energy budgets for land-climate interactions in the rapidly changing Arctic, uncertainties in their prediction persist.

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022
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Close Encounters

Want to save the bees? Pay attention to pathogens and flowers

Researchers at UMass Amherst deploy fluorescent paint, pipettes, tents, tweezers and scissors to trace three-way connection between plants, pathogens and bees

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022
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Ecosystems

Study examines how well-timed cover crops can suppress weeds in California orchards

Experiments show a variety of cover crop management programs can produce weed-suppressing cover crops.

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022
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Close Encounters

Warming wasps pollinate poorly

As temperatures rise, the life span of a crucial pollinator diminishes to the extent it may not be able to do its job.

by Dale MayleaSeptember 28, 2022September 28, 2022
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News in Brief

An orchid gives assistance, forests reduced persistence, and weeds’ electrical resistance

Botanists uncover the reason for an orchid’s delicate shape, deforestation is probably worse than you thought, and a test of killing weeds without herbicide.

by Dale Maylea, EurekalertAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022
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News in Brief

A nose becomes fancier, an armyworm answer, and plants against cancer

Scientists take different approaches to tackle crop pests, and a well-known plant produces a protein that inhibits tumour growth in mammals.

by Dale MayleaJuly 27, 2022July 27, 2022
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Growth & Development

A new wearable technology — for plants

In the future, some plants may wear monitors to keep track of water loss.

by Eurekalert, Dale MayleaMay 4, 2022May 16, 2022
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Un pin Wollemi dans une cage
Écosystèmes

Qu’est-ce qui fait que certaines plantes sont rares ?

Qu’est-ce qui se cache derrière les schémas de répartition des plantes, et existe-t-il des caractéristiques communes aux plantes rares ? Une équipe de botanistes a passé en revue des articles pour le découvrir.

by Dale MayleaApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022
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A Wollemi Pine in a cage
Ecosystems

What is it that makes some plants rare?

What’s behind the patterns of plant distribution, and are there any common features of rare plants? A team of botanists has been reviewing articles to find out.

by Dale MayleaApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022
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Taxonomy & Evolution

New Leaf Database Could Help Identify Extinct Plants

A new database of leaves promise not only to help identify plants around us, but also to identify plants known only from fossils.

by Dale MayleaMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022
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Plants & People

More plants will be ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ in the future, thanks to human activity

Fait vos jeux, but while there will be some winners, the odds are stacked against most plants doing well in the future.

by Dale MayleaMarch 10, 2022March 10, 2022
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Close Encounters

Weeds with a bad reputation have value for pollinators and biodiversity

Ecologists have found that weeds are far more valuable in supporting biodiversity than we give them credit for.

by Dale MayleaMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022
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Plants & People

Is that an invasive alien species? Time to reach for the phone.

Smartphone apps are a tool that could help monitor, predict, and ideally prevent the spread of invasive species. But are they living up to their full potential?

by Dale MayleaMarch 4, 2022March 4, 2022
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In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.

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