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Politics
Aug 17, 2014Category: PoliticsPosted by: turpentyneTurkish omnibus bill intended to tackle Soma mining disaster contains unrelated article that puts İstanbul University's (İÜ) botanical garden at risk being buldozed for developmentForestry
Aug 2, 2014Category: ForestryPosted by: turpentyneIn an Australian first, blue gum and pine plantations in lower Southeastern South Australia will now be accountable for the water used to grow trees.Medicine
Jul 27, 2014Category: MedicinePosted by: turpentyneA new study shows that trees are quietly saving our lives from respiratory illness.Agriculture
Jun 21, 2013Category: AgriculturePosted by: turpentyneA team of researchers from Texas and Colorado has identified a variety of factors that influence the likelihood of E. coli contamination of spinach on farms prior to harvest. Their research is published in the July 2013 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Science
Jul 19, 2014Category: SciencePosted by: turpentyneResearchers have created the first comprehensive library of genetic switches in plants, a tool that will better our understanding of how plants adapt to environmental changes and the development of more robust crop plants.New Species
Oct 13, 2013Category: New SpeciesPosted by: turpentyneA new plant on the eastern Mediterranean coast has been described as the maternal ancestor of a species of hybrid origin, Reseda odorata, valued since Roman times for the fragrance of its flowers, and used in the ancient cosmetics industry.Community
Nov 14, 2013Category: communityPosted by: turpentyneA new genus of ferns gets the honor of being named after Lady Gaga, by music-loving botanists who see a symbolic connection between these plants and the pop star.Biotech
Feb 14, 2014Category: BiotechPosted by: turpentyneA team at Max Planck, in Cologne, investigated morphological differences between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relative Cardamine hirsuta.Conservation
Jul 19, 2014Category: ConservationPosted by: turpentyneForests in Borneo has been decimated by logging, fire, and conversion to plantations, with as much as 30% overall forest cover lost since 1973, according to a new study.Gardening
Oct 13, 2013Category: GardeningPosted by: turpentyneBritish scientists have proposed introducing prominent hygiene advice labels on bags after discovering Legionella bacteria in 14 of the 22 brands of compost they tested.Paleobotany
Oct 3, 2013Category: PaleobotanyPosted by: turpentyneDrilling cores from Switzerland have revealed new fossil pollen grains that push the origin of flowering plants back by 100 million years to the early Triassic period.
Other Botany News...
Climate changes require better adaptation to drought 2018/10/16 18:19
Europe's future climate will be characterized by more frequent heat waves and more widespread drought. Heat and drought will both challenge crop production, but drought in particular will be a problem -- especially for spring sown crops such as maize.
Forest carbon stocks have been overestimated for 50 years 2018/10/16 16:01
A formula used to calculate basic wood density has recently been corrected. Basic density is widely used to compute carbon storage by trees. Researchers estimate that the error in the initial formula resulted in an overestimation of forest carbon stocks, to the tune of almost 5 percent.
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