Pansies undergo high-speed evolution when pollinators disappear
French researchers used 'resurrection ecology' to compare 2012 pansies with plants from twenty years earlier to see the evolutionary changes in the flowers over time. You can read the blog post at htt...
19 Elo 20224min
Increased soybean yields finally achieved
Bioengineering boosts photosynthesis and increases yields in food crops for the first time ever. You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/08/increased-soybean-yields-finally-achieved Y...
18 Elo 20227min
Winter is coming, and that’s bad news for food security
Two recent papers take different approaches to the potentially disastrous consequences of loading the stratosphere with ash but combined, they act as a warning for the fragility of food security. You ...
17 Elo 20224min
It’s not too late to save the carnivorous plants of Janggun wetland
Surveys of Janggun wetland in South Korea have found some parts have no carnivorous plants, but a study of the seed bank shows that they have the potential to return if the wetland is managed correctl...
16 Elo 20223min
Ecologists discover a place for the dead in graveyards
It was thought that people preferred graveyards to be tidy. A new survey finds that visitors can accept the presence of some decaying matter - opening more possibilities for biodiversity. Read the blo...
15 Elo 20225min
Bromeliads offer ants a summer residence in Costa Rica
Myrmecophobes might want to avoid studying bromeliads in the forests of Costa Rica during the summer. There are plenty of plants, but they seem to attract fire ants. Read the blog post at https://bota...
12 Elo 20222min
Connecting rhythmic gene circuits to metabolism explains the slow growth rate of a slow-clock mutant
A model designed to study circadian effects on physiology becomes more broadly useful when the clock regulates metabolites. You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/08/connecting-rhyth...
10 Elo 20226min
Photosynthesis on the far side of the rainbow
Light you cannot see, in the infrared part of the spectrum, is surprisingly important for plant photosynthesis. Read the blog post at https://botany.one/2022/08/photosynthesis-on-the-far-side-of-the-r...
9 Elo 20224min
