Plants and Pipettes

Hey tree, are you my friend?


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Hi! Would you like some cool plant facts? We have a fresh new paper about biofortified tomatoes that give you your daily dose of vitamin D, a new oldest tree and an explanation of why catnip likes to be a cat bed.

  • Biofortified tomatoes provide a new route to vitamin D sufficiency | Nature Plants
  • Epigenetic features drastically impact CRISPR-Cas9 efficacy in plants  
  • New CRISPR-combo boosts genome editing power in plants — ScienceDaily
  • ‘Hey, tree. You are my friend’: Assessing multiple values of nature through letters to trees
  • Is this the oldest tree in the world? | Live Science
  • Engagement with indigenous people preserves local knowledge and biodiversity alike: Current Biology
  • Photoreceptors’ gene expression of Arabidopsis thaliana grown with biophilic LED-sourced lighting systems | PLOS ONE
  • Research reveals the science behind this plant’s blue berries — ScienceDaily
  • Catnip Turns Out to Have a Hidden Effect You Probably Don’t Know About
  • Domestic cat damage to plant leaves containing iridoids enhances chemical repellency to pests
  • Chewed and Rolled: How Cats Make the Most of Their Catnip High

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Plants and PipettesBy Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriott

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