Glossy treasure trove for the word-curious plantsperson
Nigel Chaffey discovers a glossary can also be a page-turner.
Tag: New Phytologist
How do orchids get a taste for fungi?
You may have heard the phrase “you are what you eat”, but some scientists are tracking the evolution of new diets in orchids by taking the phrase literally.
The 3 Ps of plant science publishing
Mr Cuttings hears of a new journal launched this summer, and is appropriately excited.
How do you grow a palm? The secret’s in the soil.
An investigation on a tiny island reveals that microscopic fungi can dictate the destiny of giants, opening the possibility of mycorrhizal-driven speciation.
Altruistic plants?
Nature Plants: an appreciation [or, Now we are Three…*]
A review of ‘Nature Plants’, the latest offering from the Nature Publishing Group.
Cause for optimism (maybe not…)
There’s an insufficiency of people to grow the new crops that aren’t being identified because of the dearth of plant taxonomists. Where will it all end..?
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Your botanical ‘one-stop shop’
Everything benefits from a little lift
Spotlight on macronutrients : Carbon (mainly)
Whilst members of the Plant Kingdom might dominate terrestrial biomes, non-Plant Kingdom members are the major photosynthetic organisms in aquatic habitats
Soil to roots to stem to atmosphere…
Studies show that fog water diffuses directly through leaf cuticles of Drimys brasiliensis and is transported through the xylem to below ground.
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.
