Plants and Pipettes

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It wasn’t always easy. It was no walk in the park. But with perseverance, focus and endurance we made it to 100 mostly plant science facts! I think we all deserve a round of applause, a pat on the back and a new hoya for the living room. Enjoy!

  • Guano 
  • Jumping Cholla: When Cacti Attack 
  • Why is my orange green? | Plant Scientist 
  • https://twitter.com/elsebeth_k/status/1430487511948738562 
  • Clematis ‘Maria Sklodowska Curie’ – BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine 
  • The ‘Confessions’ of Karl Marx (or these are a few of his favorite things) 
  • Jean Nicot 
  • ​​Racism lurks in names given to plants and animals. That’s starting to change 
  • Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology 
  • Nikolai Vavilov Episode 10: Tetris and the Seed Potatoes of Leningrad 
  • Turgor pressure 
  • Squirting Cucumber: The Plant That Explodes 
  • Himalayan Balsam Explosive Seed Pods. Impatiens Glandulifera.
  • A seed flying like a bullet: ballistic seed dispersal in Chinese witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis OLIV., Hamamelidaceae) | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

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Our opening and closing music is Caravana by Phillip Gross

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Plants and PipettesBy Joram Schwartzmann and Tegan Armarego-Marriott

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