Botanical Items and Issues in the
News -
Spring, 2011
May
03 May 2011: Botanists
Spot
A New Herb In Western Ghats
03 May 2011: Fossils
pinpoint
rise of the rainforest
02 May 2011: Ancestors
of
Land Plants Revealed
02 May 2011: Experts
Say
DNA Match Is Likely a Parent or Child
02 May 2011: No
nuts
for you, Nutcracker Man (Huge-jawed human relative possessed
'graze' anatomy)
April
29 Apr 2011: Blueberry
Smackdown:
Latin
American
Super Fruit Healthier Than U.S. Ones, Study
Says (Vaccinium)
28 Apr 2011: New
U.K.
Plant
Science
Lab Receives the Royal Treatment
28 Apr 2011: Planting
Paradise
27 Apr 2011: Plant
Extract
May
Be
New
Therapy
for Hay Fever, Study Suggests
26 Apr 2011: Lollipops
With
Side
Effects:
A
Plant's
Sugary Offering Betrays Caterpillars to
Predatory Ants (Nicotiana
attenuata)
26 Apr 2011: Watching
Climate
Change
Through
a
Farmer's
Eyes
26 Apr 2011: Australia
Pistachio
Disaster
Hints
at
Agricultural
Breakdown (Pistacia)
23 Apr 2011: Fern
expert
aided
advance
of
botany
21 Apr 2011: Genes
Causing
Antimalarial
Drug
Resistance
Identified
21 Apr 2011: Can
Tech
Make
the
Desert
Bloom
Again?
21 Apr 2011: In
the
footsteps
of
André
Michaux
21 Apr 2011: Evolution
Can
Cause
a
Rapid
Reduction
in
Genome
Size (Arabidopsis)
20 Apr 2011: Antimalarial
Trees
in
East
Africa
Threatened
With
Extinction
20 Apr 2011: A
restaurant
where
plants
are
patrons
18 Apr 2011: Vanilla:
Preserving
a
World
Favorite
Flavor (Vanilla)
18 Apr 2011: Sugarcane
Cools
Climate,
Study
Finds (Saccharum)
18 Apr 2011: Worlds
With
Two
Suns
May
Sport
Black
Plants
14 Apr 2011: Marijuana
Carbon
Footprint:
Indoor
Pot
Production
Uses
1
Percent
Of
U.S.
Electricity,
Study
Says (Cannabis)
14 Apr 2011: Stink
bug
invasion
threat
to
fruit
crops
14 Apr 2011: Is
algae
biofuel
too
thirsty?
14 Apr 2011: Tansy
May
Be
Used
to
Treat
Herpes,
Study
Suggests (Tanacetum vulgare)
14 Apr 2011: Prof.
Tod
Stuessy
'65
Inducted
Into
HS
Wall
of
Fame
13 Apr 2011: Bioengineering
Uses
Vetiver
Grass
to
Save
Coral
Reefs
Near
Guam (Chrysopogon
zizanioides)
12 Apr 2011: New
chili
pepper
crowned
world’s
hottest (Capsicum)
12 Apr 2011: Looking
Down
on
Deforestation:
Brazil
Sharpens
Its
Eyes
in
the
Sky
to
Snag
Illegal
Rainforest
Loggers
12 Apr 2011: Dr.
Richard Mack,
Washington State University: INVASION! Immigration and spread of Bromus tectorum genotypes across
North America (4:00
p.m. - 208 Scoates Hall)
11 Apr 2011: Botany:
Shootingstars
Provide
Clues
to
Likely
Response
of
Plants
to
Global
Warming (Dodecatheon)
11 Apr 2011: New
Citrus
Variety
Is
Very
Sweet,
Juicy
and
Low-Seeded
(Citrus)
11 Apr 2011: Monsanto
modifies
soy
beans
to
grow
‘fish
oil’ (Glycine
max)
11 Apr 2011: Aloe
vera
extract
gave
rats
tumours (Aloe barbadensis)
11 Apr 2011: Dr.
Richard Mack, WSU: Naturalization/invasion
of ornamental bamboos in coniferous forests in the West: the potential
for multiple environmental hazards (O&M 110 from
12:40-1:30pm)
10 Apr 2011: Botanist
predicts
late
wildflower
blooms
this
year
10 Apr 2011: Double
the
Genes,
Double
the
Flora (Amborella)
09 Apr 2011: Fighting
Malaria
With
African
Plant
Extracts
09 Apr 2011: From
Ancient
Giants,
Finding
New
Life
to
Help
the
Planet (Sequoiadendron)
08 Apr 2011: Last
botany-specific
degree
course
closes
07 Apr 2011: Starch-Controlling
Gene
Fuels
More
Protein
in
Soybean
Plants
07 Apr 2011: If
Plants
Generate
Magnetic
Fields,
They're
Not
Saying
06 Apr 2011: Algae
biodiversity
cleans
streams
06 Apr 2011: Rush
to
Use
Crops
as
Fuel
Raises
Food
Prices
and
Hunger
Fears (Cassava)
06 Apr 2011: Flowers
and
North
Korea (Kimilsungia)
06 Apr 2011: Amy
Stewart's
'Wicked
Plants'
at
S.F.
Conservatory
06 Apr 2011: Ecologists
find
genomic
clues
to
invasive
and
endangered
plants
(....invasive plants are 20% more likely to be polyploids than diploids)
05 Apr 2011: Botanist
explores
Columbia
Basin
05 Apr 2011: The
invasion
of
the
body-snatching
algae (Plants live inside
spotted salamanders, and both
stand to benefit from it )
05 Apr 2011: Monsanto
Sued
Again
-
Farmers
Seek
"Proactive
Defense"
Against
Intimidation
04 Apr 2011: Plants
get
revenge
on
bugs
that
feed
on
them
04 Apr 2011: Simpler
Woodland
Strawberry
Genome
Aids
Research
on
More
Complex
Fruits
(Fragaria vesca)
04 Apr 2011: Botanist
a
floral
forefather (André
Michaux)
04 Apr 2011: Mangroves
excel
at
storing
carbon (Mangrove)
02 Apr 2011: Botanist
finds
mysterious
plant
in
NM
03 Apr 2011: Cannabis-like drugs could kill pain
without the high (Cannabis)
03 Apr 2011: Carbon-rich
mangroves
ripe
for
conservation (Rhizophora)
01 Apr 2011: The
flower
that
paints
Himachal
red
and
pink (Rhododendron)
01 Apr 2011: Milwaukee
County
botanist
commandeers
Mitchell
Park
dome
01 Apr 2011: Monsanto
introduces a genetically modified Cannabis
that looks like a Petunia
01 Apr 2011: Could
maple
syrup
from
Canada
be
the
next
champion
food?
(Acer saccharum)
March
31 Mar 2011: Fossil
Is
Best
Look
Yet
at
an
Ancestor
of
Buttercups
31 Mar 2011: Lawsuit
challenges
Monsanto
patents
on
seed
traits
31 Mar 2011: A
eudicot
from
the
Early
Cretaceous
of
China
30 Mar 2011: Mediocre
wildflower
season
ahead
for
Dallas-Fort
Worth
30 Mar 2011: Hidden
Elm
Population
May
Hold
Genes
to
Combat
Dutch
Elm
Disease (Ulmus americana)
30 Mar 2011: Rare
Discovery
of
Plant
Genus
30 Mar 2011: Fruit
fibers
used
to
create
'green'
plastic
for
cars
30 Mar 2011: Kiwi
pigeon
key
to
tree
survival (Beilschmiedia
tarairi and Corynocarpus
laevigatus)
29 Mar 2011: Like
Products,
Plants
Wait
for
Optimal
Configuration
Before
Market
Success
29 Mar 2011: Climate
meddling
dates
back
8,000
years
(Cutting
down
trees
put
carbon
in
the
atmosphere
long
before
the
industrial
revolution)
29 Mar 2011: Auto
Parts
From
Fruit?
29 Mar 2011: Key
Plant
Traits
Yield
More
Sugar
for
Biofuels
28 Mar 2011: An
Herbal
Alternative
to
Creams
for
Pale
Skin (Cinnamomum
subavenium)
28 Mar 2011: Historic
re-enactor
will
portray
John
Bartram,
‘father
of
American
botany'
28 Mar 2011: Natural
Aphrodisiacs:
'Spicing'
Up
Your
Love
Life
Possible,
Finds
Study
of
Ginseng
and
Saffron (Panax and Crocus)
28 Mar 2011: Debut
of
the
First
Practical
'Artificial
Leaf'
27 Mar 2011: New
Lignin
'Lite'
Switchgrass
Boosts
Biofuel
Yield
by
More
Than
One-Third
(Panicum virgatum)
25 Mar 2011: Kudzu
Vines
Spreading
North
from
US
Southeast
With
Warming
Climate (Pueraria
lobata)
25 Mar 2011: The
largest
continuous
expanse
of
forest
in
the
world
is
undergoing
an
accelerating
large-scale
shift
24 Mar 2011: Uncertain
Future
for
Joshua
Trees
in
US
Southwest
Projected
With
Climate
Change
(Yucca brevifolia)
24 Mar 2011: Duchess
visits
Covent
Garden
Academy
of
Flowers
24 Mar 2011: Banana
peels
help
detect
toxins
in
water (Musa)
24 Mar 2011: Botany
website
wins
prestigious
prize
from
journal
Science
23 Mar 2011: Is
Europe’s
ban
on
Monsanto’s
GMO
crops
illegal?
23 Mar 2011: There's
putrid,
and
then
there's
the
voodoo
lily
(At
best,
flower
smells
like
'Hannibal
Lechter's
compost
pile
on
a
hot
day')
23 Mar 2011: Plant
Oil
May
Hold
Key
to
Reducing
Obesity-Related
Medical
Issues
(Sterculia)
23 Mar 2011: Fruit-eating
fish
does
far-flung
forestry
(Species’
seed-dispersal
skills
go
the
distance)
22 Mar 2011: Tree
Resin
Captures
Key
Evidence
of
Current
and
Ancient
Insect
Invasions
22 Mar 2011: How
the
Lily
Blooms:
Ruffling
at
the
Edge
of
Each
Petal
Drives
the
Delicate
Flower
to
Open
22 Mar 2011: How
Carrots
Became
the
New
Junk
Food (Daucus
carota)
22 Mar 2011: After
70
years
of
urban
expansion,
the
native
plants
of
Indianapolis
have
lost
out
to
invasive
species
22 Mar 2011: Coffee
market
fires
up
as
brew
becomes
liquid
gold (Coffea arabica)
21 Mar 2011: Compound
from
Chinese
Medicine
Blocks
Biofilm
Formation
on
Medical
Implant
Materials
21 Mar 2011: From
a
mismatch
in
growth,
a
flower
blooms (Lilium)
21 Mar 2011: A
dose
of
safflower
oil
each
day
might
help
keep
heart
disease
at
bay
(Carthamus tinctorius)
19 Mar 2011: Allergies?
Pollen
Also
Appears
Outside
Flowering
Season
18 Mar 2011: Ecologists
Use
70-Year-Old
Pressed
Plants
to
Chart
City's
Vanishing
Native
Flora
18 Mar 2011: Flowering
Plant
Study
'Catches
Evolution
in
the
Act' (Tragopogon
miscellus)
17 Mar 2011: A
bit
of
fiber
makes
for
sudsier
beer
17 Mar 2011: Bluebonnet
forecast:
Not
as
impressive
as
last
year
17 Mar 2011: Pueblo
traded
for
chocolate
big-time
-
Far-flung
exchanges
may
have
involved
turquoise
for
cacao (Theobroma cacao)
11 Mar 2011: American
Botanical
Council
Announces
Recipients
of
Botanical
Excellence
Awards
11 Mar 2011: Seed
banks
susceptible
to
sham
samples
10 Mar 2011: Southern
California
wildflowers:
What
will
flower
season
bring?
Here's
what's
blooming
in
Anza
Borrego,
Antelope
Valley
10 Mar 2011: Bee
deaths
may
signal
wider
food
threat,
U.N.
says
10 Mar 2011: How
Plants
Sort
and
Eliminate
Genes
Over
Millennia
08 Mar 2011: Mexico
oks
pilot
field
of
genetically
modified
corn (Zea mays)
08 Mar 2011: Plants
hoarding
water
as
CO2
rises,
study
finds
08 Mar 2011: Wikileaks
reveals
endangered
hardwood
on
sale
in
US
07 Mar 2011: Odd
Corn
Plant
Provides
Insight
Into
How
Corn
Makes
Hormones
(Zea mays)
07 Mar 2011: Flower
Show
Porn
07 Mar 2011: Faster
Method
to
Study
Plant
Ecology
06 Mar 2011: Monsanto
rises
to
China
challenge
03 Mar 2011: Scientists
Trumpeting
Possible
New
Adaptation
of
Tropical
Flower (Brugmansia)
03 Mar 2011: Rising
CO2
Is
Causing
Plants
to
Release
Less
Water
to
the
Atmosphere
03 Mar 2011: Monsanto:
Gene
flow
and
liability
02 Mar 2011: Scientists
Study
Control
of
Invasive
Tree
in
Western
US (Tamarix)
02 Mar 2011: Good
Fungi
Might
Prove
Even
Better
for
Plant,
Human
Health
02 Mar 2011: Climate-smart
agriculture
is
needed
02 Mar 2011: Algae
Converted
to
Butanol;
Fuel
Can
Be
Used
in
Automobiles
02 Mar 2011: Can the
Miracle Berry Prevent World Hunger? (Synsepalum
dulcificum)
01 Mar 2011: Cannabis
Use
Precedes
the
Onset
of
Psychotic
Symptoms
in
Young
People,
Study
Finds (Cannabis)
01 Mar 2011: Dow
Chemical moves toward engineered corn patent (Zea mays)
01 Mar 2011: Florida
Citrus
Industry:
Mechanical
Harvesting
Creates
Up
to
250
Percent
More
Debris
Than
Hand
Harvesting,
Study
Finds (Citrus)
01 Mar 2011: Food
for
Thought:
Our
furry
friend,
the
kiwi (Actinidia
deliciosa)
01 Mar 2011: Eucalypt-harming
fungus
here
to
stay (Eucalyptus)
01 Mar 2011: Mating
Mites
Trapped
in
Amber
Reveal
Sex
Role
Reversal (Sciadopitys verticillata)
February
28 Feb 2011: Prehistoric
dog
lived,
died
among
humans
28 Feb 2011: Climate
Change
Causing
Demise
of
Lodgepole
Pine
in
Western
North
America
(Pinus controta)
28 Feb 2011: Illinois
expert
on
orchids
to
bring
rarity
to
islands (Platanthera
holochila)
28 Feb 2011: The
Education
of
Jennifer
Miller:
An
Update
from
the
Frontline
in
the
Fight
against
the
Anti-Evolution
Agenda
25 Feb 2011: Monsanto
wins
in
latest
US
sugar
beet
ruling (Beta vulgaris)
25 Feb 2011: Chemical
Compounds
in
Trees
Can
Fight
Deadly
Staph
Infections
in
Humans
(Juniperus
virginiana)
24 Feb 2011: Examining
Climate
Change
Effects
on
Wheat (Triticum)
24 Feb 2011: Scientist
warns
on
safety
of
Monsanto's
Roundup
23 Feb 2011: Old
Folk
Remedy
Revived:
How
Tansy
May
Be
a
Treatment
for
Herpes (Tanacetum
vulgare)
23 Feb 2011: Tobacco
tricks
caterpillars
with
treats (Nicotiana)
22 Feb 2011: Next
to
water,
tea
is
the
most
widely
consumed
beverage
on
the
planet.
(Camellia sinensis)
22 Feb 2011: Future
of
genetically
modified
crop
uncertain
despite
court
victory
(Medicago
sativa)
22 Feb 2011: Gac:
Strange
Name,
Powerful
Fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis)
21 Feb 2011: Gesundheit!
Climate
change
creates
longer
ragweed
season (Ambrosia)
21 Feb 2011: Seaweed
a
Source
of
Potential
Antimalarial
Drug (overview)
21 Feb 2011: Plants
Cloned
as
Seeds:
Hybrids
That
Breed
True
Would
Be
Major
Advance
for
Crop
Plants (agamospermy)
21 Feb 2011: Colorado
debates
DUI
standards
for
marijuana (Cannabis)
19 Feb 2011: Plants
That
Can
Move
Inspire
New
Adaptive
Structures (Mimosa)
19 Feb 2011: Farm boy' never
lost his love of nature
18 Feb 2010: Food
politics
18 Feb 2011: The
Mystery of the Missing Moon Trees (record)
17 Feb 2011: Global
Warming
May
Reroute
Evolution,
Milkweed
Research
Finds (Asclepias)
17 Feb 2011: Genetic
engineering
brings
cloned
crops
closer (see
also)
17 Feb 2011: Genetically
engineered
alfalfa
isn't
necessary (Medicago
sativa)
17 Feb 2011: The
Dekopon
arrives
in
California (Citrus hybrid)
16 Feb 2011: Plant
or
animal?
Odd
fossils
defy
classification
16 Feb 2011: Before Lagenaria (Ice Age
cups crafted from crania)
16 Feb 2011: Best
of
the
botanical
breaks
16 Feb 2011: Carnivorous
bladderworts
suck
up
prey (Utricularia) (see
also)
15 Feb 2011: Botany
for
botanical
artists
15 Feb 2011: Opponents
to
sue
over
Monsanto
alfalfa
crop (Medicago
sativa)
15 Feb 2011: 2
new
plants
discovered
in
Spain (Taraxacum)
15 Feb 2011: Exploring
Nature's
Medicine
in
the
Amazon
15 Feb 2011: Castle
Hedingham
boasts
one
of
the
oldest
tulip
trees (Liriodendron)
15 Feb 2011: New
Research
Changes
Understanding
of
C4
Plant
Evolution (Poaceae)
15 Feb 2011: How
Plants
Near
Chernobyl
Shrug
Off
Radiation
14 Feb 2011: Lavender
Oil
Has
Potent
Antifungal
Effect (Lavandula)
14 Feb 2011: World
Phosphorous
Use
Crosses
Critical
Threshold
14 Feb 2011: Dark
chocolate
better
than
fruit
juice? (Theobroma cacao)
11 Feb 2011: New
tropical
fruit
stands
up
to
cyclone (Garcinia humilis)
11 Feb 2011: New
Hybrid
Drug,
Derived
from
Common
Spice,
May
Protect,
Rebuild
Brain
Cells
After
Stroke (Curcuma longa)
11 Feb 2011: A glacial
infestation of bryophytes
10 Feb 2011: Roses
Get
Celery
Gene
to
Help
Fight
Disease (Rosa,
Apium)
10 Feb 2011: Extreme
weather
pushes
food
prices
higher;
Crops
lost
to
flooding,
drought
crimp
already-tight
grain
stocks
10 Feb 2011: Get
ready
for
higher
food
prices
10 Feb 2011: Earth
economist:
The
food
bubble
is
about
to
burst
10 Feb 2011: New
Solar
Cell
Self-Repairs
Like
Natural
Plant
Systems
09 Feb 2011: Race
Against
Time
to
Find
Apollo
14's
Lost
Voyagers:
'Moon
Trees'
09 Feb 2011: Honey
Made
Near
Monsanto
GM
Maize
May
Face
EU
Limits
08 Feb 2011: Cannabis
hastens
onset
of
psychosis (Cannabis)
08 Feb 2011: Jatropha:
Green
Biodiesel
from
African
Tree (Jatropha)
08 Feb 2011: Another
Win
for
Monsanto...
08 Feb 2011: Trade group
disapproves of alfalfa ruling
07 Feb 2011: Western
Australia's
Incredible
Underground
Orchid (Rhizanthella
gardneri)
07 Feb 2011: USDA
issues
partial
deregulation
for
GM-sugar
beets (Beta vulgaris)
07 Feb 2011: ‘Super
food’
dark
chocolates
are
healthier
than
fruits:
study (Theobroma cacao)
07 Feb 2011: Polluted
perfume
could
put
pollinators
off
the
scent (Datura wrightii)
04 Feb 2011: For
Want
of
a
Pollinator,
a
Flower
May
Be
Lost--or
a
Forest (Rhabdothamnus
solandri)
03 Feb 2011: Crops
Wither
and
Prices
Rise
in
Chinese
Drought
03 Feb 2011: Monsanto
Vs
Australian
Organic
Farmer
Steve
Marsh
03 Feb 2011: GU
botanists
on
mission
to
save
endangered
plant (Phyllanthus)
03 Feb 2011: Cassava
packs
a
protein
punch
with
bean
genes (Manihot
esculenta)
02 Feb 2011: To
Defend
Against
Disease,
a
Plant
Checks
the
Clock (Arabidopsis
thaliana)
02 Feb 2011: Seminar and sale to
feature variety of fruit trees (Ziziphus zizyphus)
01 Feb 2011: Biologists
Discover
'Control
Center'
for
Sperm
Production;
Study
Uncovers
Genetic
Hierarchy
in
Plant
Sperm
Formation
01 Feb 2011: Secret
Life
of
Bees
Now
a
Little
Less
Secret
01 Feb 2011: Leaves
leave
a
trail
in
Davie
murder
case:
Botanical
evidence
increasingly
used
to
help
solve
crimes (overview
from the BSA)
01 Feb 2011: Tomatoes
pip
potatoes
as
New
Zealand's
favourite
vegetable (both = Solanum)
January:
31 Jan 2011: CSI
with
a
botany
degree:
Plants
can
help
solve
crimes (Schefflera
actinophylla, Ligustrum sinese)
31 Jan 2011: Plants
Can
Adapt
Genetically
to
Survive
Harsh
Environments (Arabidopsis
thaliana)
31 Jan 2011: Oserian
introduces geothermal flower farming (Rosa)
31 Jan 2011: Chronicler
of
the
majesty
of
East
Africa’s
trees (Acacia)
30 Jan 2011: Monsanto
Executive
Appointed
to
High
Level
Position
in
the
FDA
29 Jan 2011: Draft
'Genetic
Road
Map'
of
Biofuels
Crop (Spartina
pectinata)
28 Jan 2011: Franciscan
manzanita,
once
thought
extinct,
now
revived (Arctostaphylos
franciscana)
28 Jan 2011: Malaysia
leads
way
in
study
of
deforestation (Elaeis guineensis)
28 Jan 2011: Mexico
Denies
Monsanto
Seed
Project (Zea mays)
28 Jan 2011: Spinning
seeds
inspire
single-bladed
helicopters (as you know, a samara is
NOT a seed)
27 Jan 2011: USDA
drops
planting
curbs
on
biotech
alfalfa (Medicago
sativa) (another
view)
27 Jan 2011: Mechanism
of Spring-Loaded Seed Launch Discovered (Erodium
cicutarium) (youtube
clip
-
Erodium 'drilling')
(another)
27 Jan 2011: Biologists
Call
for
Regulation
of
Rare
Plant
Sales
27 Jan 2011: Broccoli,
prepared
correctly,
is
an
extremely
potent
cancer-fighting
agent
(Brassica oleracea)
26 Jan 2011: Investigation
Finds
Many
Fruity
Foods
Don't
Contain
Real
Fruit (Vaccinium)
26 Jan 2011: Mexico
denies
request
for
pilot
GM
corn
plots (Zea mays)
26 Jan 2011: Spruce
Up:
Researchers
Pinpoint
Genes
That
Give
Pine-Killing
Fungus
Immunity
to
Host
Tree
Defenses (Pinus contorta)
26 Jan 2011: Agave
Fuels
Excitement
as
a
Bioenergy
Crop (Agave)
26 Jan 2011: Production
of
Plant
Pollen
Is
Regulated
by
Several
Signalling
Pathways (Arabidopsis
thaliana)
26 Jan 2011: Regulate
trade
in
rare
plants (Brighamia
insignis)
25 Jan 2011: Carnivorous
Plant
Feasts
on
Bat
Dung (Nepenthes) (another
story)
24 Jan 2011: Lack
of
Sex
Among
Grapes
Tangles
a
Family
Vine (Vitis vinifera)
24 Jan 2011: UK
Landscapes
Could
Be
at
Risk
of
Another
Major
Tree
Epidemic,
Say
Researchers
24 Jan 2011: When
Trees
Attack,
Fungus
Can
Parry
24 Jan 2011: Can
too
much
caffeine
kill
you?
23 Jan 2011: Discovery
in
Steele
Creek
Park
spawns
botany
club (Metasequoia
glyptostroboideses and Gymnosperm Database)
23 Jan 2011: Wine
family
tree
revealed (Vitis vinifera)
23 Jan 2011: Many
tree
species
might
become
extinct
due
to
climate
change
22 Jan 2011: Islands
in
the
Sky:
How
Isolated
Are
Mountain
Top
Plant
Populations? (Penstemon)
21 Jan 2011: A
New Way to Control 'Superweeds': Two Bacterial Enzymes Confer
Resistance to Common Herbicide
21 Jan 2011: Plants
Moved
Downhill,
Not
Up,
in
Warming
World
20 Jan 2011: Vaccine
against
cocaine
makes
headway (Erythroxylum)
20 Jan 2011: Fruit
and "Maple" Oatmeal (Acer saccharum)
20 Jan 2011: Newly
discovered
group
of
algae
live
in
both
fresh
water
and
ocean (paper)
19 Jan 2011: Latest
member
in
a
small
club
of
species
known
to
practice
agriculture
(Dictyostelium
discoideum)
19 Jan 2011: Flower
firms
radiant
despite
earnings
drop
19 Jan 2011: 15
Months
Later,
Rediscovered
San
Francisco
Plant
Thrives (Arctostaphylos
franciscana)
19 Jan 2011: Gardening
in
Space
With
HydroTropi (Cucumis sativus)
19 Jan 2011: The
Mass
Extinction
of
Scientists
Who
Study
Species
18 Jan 2011: Why
olive
oil's
quality
is
in
the
cough (Olea
europaea)
18 Jan 2011: Up
the
garden
path (Kew gardens
and, again, Joseph
Banks)
17 Jan 2011: Chillicothe
artist
discovers
botany's
inner
beauty
17 Jan 2011: Thoreau
plant
specimens
found
in
UConn’s
holdings (specimen
data, and H.D. Thoreau)
17 Jan 2011: 2,550-Year-Old
Celtic
Beer
Recipe
Resurrected (Hordeum vulgare)
16 Jan 2011: New
Research
Expands
Genetic
Base
of
Cultivated
Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa)
15 Jan 2011: Botany
Bay:
The
Real
Story (featuring Joseph Banks)
14 Jan 2011: Global
food
chain
stretched
to
the
limit;
Soaring
prices
spark
fears
of
social
unrest
in
developing
world
14 Jan 2011: Chernobyl:
Environmental
dead
zone
or
eco-haven?
14 Jan 2011: Spain
seizes
cocaine
hidden
in
plastic
bananas (Musa
vs. Erythroxylum)
13 Jan 2011: Natural selection: Fruit-grabbing
baboons
discover
new
tangerine (Citrus × tangerina)
13 Jan 2011: Old-Growth
Forests
Are
What
Giant
Pandas
Need
13 Jan 2011: Fall
of
Rome
Recorded
in
Trees (dendrochronology)
13 Jan 2011: Spread
of
Deadly
Virus
Tied
to
Forest
Decline (Populus
tremuloides)
12 Jan 2011: Future
of
food
could
be
bright
12 Jan 2011: Woman
relieved
'eyeball'
in
fruit
was
actually
a
berry ("They
didn't do any tests ... they just eyeballed it.") - (Vaccinium)
12 Jan 2011: Global
Fruit
and
Vegetable
Juices
Market
to
Reach
64.46
Billion
Liters by 2015
12 Jan 2011: Songbird’s
Sex
Horomone
Surges
at
Sight
of
Flowers (Cirsium)
12 Jan 2011: I’m
Dangerous
With
Love
Hearts
Hallucinogenic
Ibogaine (Tabernanthe iboga)
11 Jan 2011: Coming
to
Your
Fruit
Bowl,
A
Tastier,
Less
Thirsty
Pitaya
(Hylocereus - Cactaceae)
11 Jan 2011: Online
access
to
the
plants
of
the
world
is
available
11 Jan 2011: Drought-tolerant
maize
gets
US
debut (Zea mays)
11 Jan 2011: At
6,000
years
old,
wine
press
is
oldest
yet
found (Vitis vinifera)
10 Jan 2011: Mandarin
variety
developed
by
UCR
premiers
this
month (Citrus
reticulata) - as compared to Citrus × sinensis
10 Jan 2011: Potential
Bioenergy
Feedstock
Miscanthus
Has
a
Fighting
Chance
Against
Weeds
(Miscanthus x giganteus)
10 Jan 2011: Eat
carrots
to
be
more
attractive (Daucus carota)
10 Jan 2011: New
photo
exhibit
restores
John
Muir's
plant
images
and
his
botanical
legacy
09 Jan 2011: Wildflower
Colors
Tell
Butterflies
How
to
Do
Their
Jobs (Phlox drummondii)
07 Jan 2011: Ancient
farmers
swiftly
spread
westward
(Agricultural
villages
appeared
in
Croatia
nearly
8,000
years
ago)
07 Jan 2011: California
reopens
to
Texas
citrus,
despite
scab
scare
07 Jan 2011: Green
Thumb:
Birth
of
botany;
Early
American
brothers
remembered
for
cultivating
way
of
life
07 Jan 2011: Tomatoes
Found
to
Contain
Nutrient
Which
Prevents
Vascular
Diseases (Solanum
lycopersicum)
07 Jan 2011: Using
Cassava
to
Address
Vitamin
A
Deficiency (Manihot
esculenta)
06 Jan 2011: Exhibit
displays
Muir's
botanical
passion
05 Jan 2011: Botanical
A-Z
via
Kew:
British
experts
complete
database
of
every
plant
name
on
the
planet
-
all
1.25million
of
them
04 Jan 2011: Popular
'Quinoa' Energizing Bolivian
Economy (Chenopodium quinoa - Chenopodiaceae)
04 Jan 2011: Wake
Up
and
Smell
the
Willow (Salix)
04 Jan 2011: The
Movement
of
Tree
Sap
Analyzed (Fagus sylvatica)
01 Jan 2011: Neandertals’
Extinction
Not
Caused
by
Deficient
Diets,
Tooth
Analysis
Shows
01 Jan 2011: Budding
Research
Links
Climate
Change
and
Earlier
Flowering
Plants
December:
31 Dec 2010: Evolutionary
Arms
Race
Between
Smut
Fungi
and
Maize
Plants (Zea mays subsp. mays)
30 Dec 2010: Gatekeeper
for
Tomato
Pollination
Identified (Solanum
lycopersicum)
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