It has been said that humans try to understand plants for two reasons: Either to kill them better – e.g. if they are considered to be weeds that compete for resources with our crop plants – or to exploit them for human...
Tag - phytomining
Nigel Chaffey
Phytomining Future Found in the Philippines?
Say hello to Rinorea niccolifera, described in the open-access journal PhytoKeys. The leaves of the plant are special. Like a few other plants around the world, R. niccolifera is a ‘hypernickelophore’. In...
Alun Salt
Trees reveal hidden gold
Trees in Australia are pulling up gold from deep deposits into their leaves. While phytomining isn’t practical yet, it could help with prospecting for gold.
