Author: plantguy
HPW Retrospectacle 2018 – December
HPW Retrospectacles 2018 – November
HPW Retrospectacle 2018 – October
HPW Retrospectacle 2018 – September

From Trees That “Bleed” Metals To Visualizing Danger Signals In Plants. There was lots of unusual plant science news last September, from trees that apparently accumulate certain heavy metals, such as nickel, to plants that glow in the dark when wounded. Added to these September 2018 stories are reports ranging…
HPW Retrospectacles 2018 – August
HPW Retrospectacles 2018 – July

From Crowdfunded Plant Science to Bad Fertilizer. Citizen-funded scientific research is an interesting concept, made real by the internet. An example of how crowdfunded research paid off was reported last July. Also in the plant science news in July 2018 were articles regarding plant evolution, progress in engineering nitrogen-fixing bacteria…
HPW Retrospectacles 2018 – June

From Camouflaged Plants To “Padlocked” Plant Genes. Plants and animals DO have many things in common, mostly at the cellular level. But sometimes similarities may occur at higher functional levels, such as body pigmentation. And a story published last June provides such an example. Other plant science news in June…
HPW Retrospectacles 2018 – May

From Cocoa CRISPR to Artificial Plant Cells CRISPR is the latest “tool” in the plant molecular biology “toolbox”, and it’s being applied to many crops, including cocoa trees, as we saw in May 2018. Other plant science news from last May included reports of new information regarding plant interactions with…