Learning more about the origins and ecology of our beloved houseplants can help them avoid the compost bin.
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Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Extension Educator and Director, UConn Plant Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Connecticut
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Higher Education & Laboratory Coordinator at Harvard Forest, Harvard University
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Postdoctoral researcher in Horticulture, Nottingham Trent University