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Some people may think it’s nice to listen to music with their plants. But is there any truth to the idea that certain music boosts plant growth?
Learning more about the origins and ecology of our beloved houseplants can help them avoid the compost bin.
Put down the fertiliser.
Herbarium cabinets lock away valuable plant data that needs to be mobilised through digitisation.
Four experts explain how we can protect the rare – and increasingly at risk – spidery wattle.
Hummingbirds are responsible for some of the fastest evolution in the plant kingdom.
As soils become saltier, roots are deploying remarkable survival strategies that could help safeguard future food supplies.
What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
The rules for plants can be different in water.
You might know to steer clear of green potatoes and rhubarb leaves. That’s because they produce toxins that can make humans sick.
Plants are more fascinating than you might imagine.
How those claims about the air purifying qualities of plants stack up.
To protect orchids from the risks of overexploitation and trade, orchid material cannot be internationally traded without permits.
Their story crosses continents, cultures, languages and time.
The root of tormentil was used in Irish folklore and European traditional medicine to treat wounds, sore throats, diarrhoea and gum disease.
By identifying the genes that allow plants to pause growth during stress and restart, we can help ensure crops produce reliable harvests in a changing climate.
Pl@ntNet, the “shazam” for plants is a well-known app among the hiking community and nature enthusiasts, but not many know that it’s a precious resource for scientists.
Deserts seem unforgiving. However, the fragile flowers of cacti are evolving quickly.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Associate, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Fellow in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Environment; Executive Director, Global Carbon Project, CSIRO
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Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University
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Assistant Professor of Plant Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
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Glasstone Research Fellow, Plant Science, University of Oxford
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Research Scientist in Biodiversity and Human Health, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer and Researcher in Plant Humanities, UNSW
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Plant Evolutionary Biologist, University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading
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Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Grinnell College
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Senior Lecturer in Horticulture, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor in Biophysics, University of Pretoria
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PhD, University of Tasmania