"Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants" 'Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species - most likely to be under threat of extinction' by Patrick Greenfield for The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/environment/...#PlantScience#Botany

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

A fern found on the island of New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific is only a few inches tall. But its DNA is made up of 160.45 billion base pairs—50 times more than the human genome.

A Tiny Fern Has The Largest Genome Ever Discovered

The little fern from New Caledonia is just a few inches tall, and its genome has 160.45 billion base pairs—50 times more DNA than a human.

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Stalking the wild banana - One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit via The New York Times “It’s like collecting #Pokémonwww.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/s...#Banana#Agriculture#PlantBreeding#PlantScience

Stalking the Wild Banana

One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit.

Invasive plants are a big problem. That’s why the federal agency approved seven new herbicides to kill invasives on its land nationwide. Reporter David Condos joins us to discuss what the newly approved herbicides could mean for federal land.

What Newly Approved Herbicides Could Mean For Federal Land

This summer, the Bureau of Land Management approved seven herbicides to fight invasive plants in the West.

Stalking the Wild Banana - One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/s...

Stalking the Wild Banana

One man’s “never-ending quest” for the least-known varieties of the world’s most-eaten fruit.

Dracula Orchids Trick and Treat Their Fly Pollinators 📝 🧵 https://botany.fyi/kukye7#Botany#PlantScience#InBrief

Pollination ecology of Dracula erythrochaete (Orchidaceae): brood-site imitation or food deception?

Abstract. Pleurothallidinae is the most diverse Neotropical subtribe in Orchidaceae and is almost exclusively pollinated by insects of the order Diptera. D

"(...) two biotechnologists will eat what has the potential to become one of the more consequential mouthfuls of banana in the history of the planet’s most popular fruit. Whoever bites first will have the first taste of the first GM banana approved for commercial production in the world." #PlantGMOs

Researchers decreased the amount of lignin in poplar tree wood, making it stronger and slower to deteriorate. Dr. Yiping Qi from the University of Maryland joins us to talk about this “super wood.”

Genetically Engineering Stronger Poplar Tree Wood

Researchers decreased the amount of lignin in poplar tree wood, making it stronger and slower to deteriorate.