Nigel Chaffey reviews Spices, Scents and Silk: Catalysts of world trade by James F Hancock.

You can read the full review at: https://botany.one/2022/06/plants--and-plant-products--promoting-global-trade/

A new study uses computational modelling to determine how and why cotton quality develops.

You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/06/unraveling-the-mechanisms-of-producing-high-quality-cotton/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diac004

You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2022/06/the-aobp-awards-for-emerging-voices-in-botany/

A new study highlights areas of compatibility and strategies to move towards better communication and collaboration.

You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/06/connecting-plant-phenotyping-and-modelling-communities/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diac005

It's not food, so why would cats chew on catnip and silver vine? Scientists have found cats are improving the plants' mosquito repellent by damaging the leaves in a specific way.

Read the blog post at: https://botany.one/2022/06/why-do-cats-act-so-strangely-around-catnip/

Read the original article at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104455

Are you the kind of person who can't stop talking about plants? This may be the post for you.

You can read the full post at https://botany.one/2022/06/the-annals-of-botany-journal-is-looking-for-a-social-media-secretary/

Using computational models to overcome the shortcomings of high throughput phenotyping field data.

You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/06/modelling-phenomics-data-for-temperature-response/

You can read the original research at https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diac007

Botanists have discovered the world's largest plant in Shark Bay, but Shark Bay is unusually salty - so how could a plant thrive there?

You can read the blog post at https://botany.one/2022/06/botanists-have-discovered-the-worlds-largest-plant-in-what-should-be-one-of-the-worlds-least-plant-friendly-environments/

You can read the research at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0538

The Quantitative Plant website is a comprehensive database of public datasets for plant phenotyping, image analysis software tools and models for plants.

You can read this post online at https://botany.one/2022/05/find-and-compare-the-different-tools-available-for-your-research-in-plant-science/.

Timing is everything. For seeds it's a matter of life or death.

You can read the blog post at: https://botany.one/2022/05/how-do-seeds-save-for-a-rainy-day/

You can read the original research at: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08522