You may have tried tequila or mezcal. But have you ever wondered what is happening in the fields where the Agave plants grow?
Category - Photos
Elizabeth García
Half of all plants have never been photographed in the wild
If you can't find a photo of a plant in the wild, is that because the photo doesn't exist - or because you're looking in the wrong database? A recent article concludes either answer could be right, depending on the...
Nigel Pitman
How a forgotten plant of Mexico’s tropical forests revolutionised life for women
A plant native to the tropical forests of Mexico was essential for the development of the contraceptive pill.
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza
It’s fruit Jim, but not as we know it
There’s an interesting paper we’ve just moved to free access: Gymnosperm B-sister genes may be involved in ovule/seed development and, in some species, in the growth of fleshy fruit-like structures by...
Alun Salt
Wise men (and women) in the January Annals of Botany
A reminder that a year after publication, Annals of Botany papers become free access. You can read about Boswellia tapping in Tolera et al’s paper, or you can see the issue’s contents page for somewhat more...
annbot
Our August issue is now online
The inset cover image shows the fleshy structures formed by the outermost seed integument (sarcotesta) of the gymnosperm Ginkgo biloba, which are attractive to animals and thus act like angiosperm fruits from a...
Guest Author
Inside the Kiwi fruit for July’s cover image
The July insert cover image shows the berry section of kiwifruit, Actinidia deliciosa; the blue spots are stained vascular bundles. In common with many other fruits, inward xylem flow decreases as the fruit matures and...
August Image: Apple Stigma
This month the inset cover image shows a detail of the stigma of a flower of apple, Malus × domestica. The acquisition of stigmatic receptivity is concomitant with secretion of arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs, strained...
