Gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) is a popular ornamental plant with attractive, colourful flowers, but the genetic mechanisms that regulate flowering are largely unknown. Li et al. generate transgenic gloxinia plants that...
31 minute documentary made for the Philippe De Zuttere Bryological Foundation. Discovery of the plant mosses with Philippe Dezuttere, field bryologist.
Bacteria in innumerable numbers share a deep and integral association with bananas, but show apparently mutualistic benefits with no obvious adverse effect.
A quick post to highlight a new video up from Ina Vandebroek of New York Botanical Garden. This is about how a botella, a mix of herbs is made for healthcare. If you don’t speak Spanish there are English captions...
The International Atomic Energy Authority have released some new videos to their YouTube channel that may interest botanists. The most relevant video is The Birth of Centenario. This is about the breeding of a new...
We bought a television two years ago. Sadly, despite the 723 channels available, my worst suspicions about quality have been confirmed: there is almost nothing I want to watch, especially now that I have seen everything...
Jeff Karron (AoB’s “pollen Editor”) recently tipped me off about ChloroFilms, a competition for new videos illustrating remarkable aspects of plant life. Entrants create a relevant video, post it on...
Coming up in October we have a paper, ‘Flower power: its association with bee power and floral functional morphology in papilionate legumes‘ by Silvina A. Córdoba and Andrea A. Cocucci, in the journal. The...
In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants - over a quarter million species - have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide...