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Plant Detectorists: Part 1 – Can Plants Be Used To Detect Human Remains?
plantguy September 14, 2020 September 14, 2020 Ecological Physiology, Uncategorized environmental monitoring, forensic biology	0
Pushing Up Daisies? As a former professional plant physiologist (and semi-lapsed plant-related blog-scribbler), I still occasionally peruse the plant literature to see what's new. In doing so, I sometimes come across an article with a title that certainly piques my curiosity. Such an enticing article, recently published online in Trends…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – December
plantguy January 30, 2016 January 31, 2016 Uncategorized 0
From "Smart" Plants to "Resurrection" Grass Last month's plant science news featured many familiar topics from 2015, including plant-microbe interactions and the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plants. But perhaps the most interesting story from December 2015 involved a new theory from Princeton University biologists regarding the notion that…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – November
From Sexy Mushrooms to Electric Algae The rains of November help to bring out the mushrooms in the forests of North America. And, fittingly, one of the most popular plant-related stories of November 2015 was a tale of "Sex, death and mushrooms". According to a report published last November, wheat…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – October
From Ancestors to Zombies "Diversity" seems to be the best word to describe the plant news from October 2105. Many agree that the ability to form symbiotic relationships with soil microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi were key to the successful colonization of the land by green plants. A report…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – September
From Deception to Murder Looking back at the plant news from September 2015, I noticed that several of the more popular stories were involved with what I'll call the "dark side" of plants. One of the best parts of the classic book by the late Professor Bastiaan Meeuse The Sex…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – August
From Jurassic Bark to Plant "Cell-fies" August is typically a relatively slow month, news-wise. Not so for the plant news of August 2015. There were so many interesting stories that month, that it's hard to narrow it down to less than a half dozen. But here goes…. As a new…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – July
From "Natural" GMOs to Sonar-Reflecting Leaves Question: Was there a subject that seemingly dominated the plant news in July 2015? Answer: Yes And that subject was transgenic plants, a.k.a., plant GMOs. The number one "Most Influential Plant Science Research of 2015", according to the Global Plant Council was "Sweet potato…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – June
From "Vampire" Plants To Exploding Plants Half-way through 2015 there was lots of plant news – from reports about parasitic plants to "exploding-plant" videos. A couple of papers published in June 2015 revealed some surprising findings regarding the nature and ecological significance of parasitic plants. It's interesting to see what…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – May
From "Silver Bullets" to Bamboo Math There was a lot of plant news involving plant-microbe interactions in May of 2015. Fungi are an important group of plant pathogens. Indeed, most plant diseases are caused by fungi. So, much research over the years has been devoted to combatting fungal pathogens and…
How Plants Worked….A Look Back at 2015 – April
plantguy January 7, 2016 January 7, 2016 Uncategorized 1
From Kinky Orchids to Misunderstood GMOs Food and flowers and GMO's. These are often popular topics in news about plants. And April 2015 was no exception. Back in the day, when I was boring undergraduates in botany classes, I found that most students knew very little about the nature of…
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@mfbenson1 I agree with you. Like the term "intelligence", "consciousness" is such a wide-ranging concept that most… https://t.co/M4bRtWcOf3 about 2 days ago in reply to mfbenson1
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Small RNAs shoot for the root. https://t.co/yhiXma6QVx about 2 days ago
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Hard to crack research reveals how crop roots penetrate hard soils. https://t.co/koY94JSnsW about 5 days ago
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Uncovering how plants see blue light. https://t.co/j8l8Fw8vEv about 2 weeks ago
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