Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
An Australian team has been studying how to best grow vegetables by experimenting with pak choi in urban gardens. They found that canopy cover and garden richness, rather than pollinator visits are the key factors in improving yield.
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?
How can you reconstruct the vegetation of deep time? One professor has turned to canvas and paint.
COVID-19 forced many academics to teach remotely; for field botany this required a complete rethink of how such a course could be taught.
More and more people are using images to get round character limits on Twitter, but some people are getting left behind.
In the 800s, Mayan cities in southeastern Mexico and Central America were abandoned – just as drought hit the region. But a botanical study shows that the connection between drought and depopulation was not simple.
Adult plants provide sustenance, sequester carbon and help keep healthy soils. But what is the role of seeds?
COVID 19 may have prevented people from attending conferences in person, but the virtual alternatives have opened attendance to many more people.
This study shows that using plant material to produce bioenergy also has a positive effect on overall biodiversity.
You might think of bibliometrics as something that happens to scientific articles after they’re published. However, in new and innovative fields like ionomics, bibliometrics can also help shape them.
Can variation in seed morphological traits allow us to estimate genetic variation in seed banks of vulnerable plant species?
Can a combination of in situ, ex situ and inter situ conservation strategies help the recovery of Dianthus superbus populations in Latvia?
Plant identification apps are now widely available for smartphones but can we trust them for research and nature conservation purposes?
For young people in this community, stepping into a classroom might mean knowing less about their flora.
