Botany: All About Plants

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• Andi Wolfe

  

  This corn was down to its last two cobs. Now it could help farmers grow food in the climate crisis

  CNN

  CNN — Hurricane Florence was targeting Campbell Coxe’s farm. Days earlier, the 2018 storm had rapidly intensified in the Atlantic, and now Darlington County, South Carolina, was in the path. Coxe had to make a quick decision: Which of his family’s crops was he going to save? “When you only have 24 …

• Andi Wolfe

  

  Fruitarian Frogs May Be Doing Flowers a Favor

  The New York Times - By Sofia Quaglia

  Researchers may have discovered the first example of a frog that pollinates flowering plants. On warm evenings near Rio de Janeiro, you might find milk fruit trees covered in brownish-orange frogs. While many frogs eat insects, the tree frog species Xenohyla truncata has a taste for the pulp of …

• Andi Wolfe

  

  Does your yard have a ‘hellstrip’? Native plants could help.

  The Washington Post - Tovah Martin

  If you’ve never had to apply the word “hellstrip” to a section of your yard, consider yourself fortunate. The term was coined for land next to the road where nothing will grow, except perhaps undesirables such as crabgrass and poison ivy. The soil typically has the consistency of cement, a …

• Andi Wolfe

  

  Advice | The plant protein that could push meat off your plate

  The Washington Post - Michael J. Coren

  SAN MARCOS, Calif. — I came to this aquatic farm an hour outside of San Diego because I wanted to see what could be the future of humanity’s protein supply. At the moment, it looks more like a meth lab out of the drama “Breaking Bad,” jokes Tony Martens Fekini, the chief executive of Plantible Foods. …

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  Apr 3, 2023
• Andi Wolfe

  

  This Is What It Sounds Like When Plants Cry

  The New York Times - By Darren Incorvaia

  Scientists recorded the popping noises that plants make in response to stresses like dehydration or a cut. Humans have glorious ways of vocalizing discontent: We grumble, grouse, gripe, groan, moan. One might think airing complaints requires, at the very least, a mouth. But recent research from the …