Actual botany is not like this.
Rank Organisation/Allied Artists
Ever since their discovery, carnivorous plants have fascinated scientists and spurred the imagination of artists, writers and filmmakers. While the Puya chilensis cactus at the Royal Horticultural Society…
Plants receive information through fungal networks that enables them to fight infestation, discovered researchers at the…
Genetic secrets of the culturally prominent lotus plant have been unlocked by researchers from University of Adelaide. A…
Aerosols in the upper atmosphere can potentially mitigate the greenhouse effect by scattering or absorbing solar radiation…
Increases in ground-level ozone make it hard for insects to interact with the plants they rely on. Insects rely on olfactory…
A new method of breeding pure lines of plants has been developed. Plant breeding projects are often used for increasing food…
The pollination networks between bees and flowers are not as robust as they were 100 years ago. Based on a comparative study…
Australian native flowers have moved away from insects as pollinators and instead coloured themselves to attract birds. Over…
New research suggests that seeds could now be formed without the biological process of fertilisation.
CIMMYT
Sex without seed. Seed without sex. It’s been said that the greatest gift of science to humankind would be achieving those two goals. Effective contraceptives such as the pill have pretty much nailed the…
An algae gene has enabled plants to store lipids and vegetable oil in its leaves. Unlike seeds, plants do not typically store…
Plants in swamps and marshes have been observed actively altering their environment to increase their species’ chance of…
By studying the fertilised seeds of corn, scientists from the University of Colarado Boulder have discovered a form of plant…
Algae can get energy from other plants, researchers from Bielefeld University have found. Conventional wisdom held that plants…
Leaves do shrink when they dry out, researchers from the University of Arizona have confirmed. The study has implications…
Plants are able to distinguish between pathogens and beneficial micro-organisms by detecting the different types of molecules…
Evolutionary change is occurring rapidly around us, every day, as insects impose natural selection pressures on plants. Using…
Microbial communities living in and on plant roots can boost the health, growth and defence mechanisms of plants. Research…
Herbarium specimens of leaves from the Narrow-leaf hopbush are 40% wider than contemporary specimens.
Greg Guerin, Haixia Wen, Andrew Lowe
Climate change is causing the leaves of at least one subspecies of Australian plant to narrow in size, a team from the University of Adelaide has found. Their study shows that the leaves of the Narrow-leaf…
Traditional Aboriginal and Indian plants may help manage diabetes, a new study shows. Twelve medicinal plant extracts were…
The greatest impact on seafloors and coral reefs comes from small marine snails, who consume a larger portion of seaweed…