What is acacia? No plants…no humanity – call for action And other stories from the XVIII International Botanical Congress Over 2,000 plant scientists from 73 nations adopted a series of motions at the conclusion of the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne on Saturday, 30 July.
Preamble As many as two-thirds of the world’s 350,000 plant species are in danger of extinction in nature during the course of the 21st century. Human beings depend on plants for almost every aspect of life, and our expectations of using them to build more sustainable, healthier, and better lives in the future.
An end to rust? iPhones talking to the trees Protecting the potato War on willows
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, CSIRO The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and Museum Victoria (MV) are proud to announce the launch of the Australian Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL).
30% of US transport fuelled by plants by 2030 The man who heads up the world’s largest integrated bioenergy research institute is pretty confident the US will meet its target of producing 30 per cent of its transport fuels from plants by the year 2030. And Australia is helping them do it.
Australia’s wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust—for now. In 1999 a new strain of stem rust, a devastating fungal disease of wheat, emerged in Uganda. It has now spread to north to Yemen and Iran, and south to South Africa. Rust transport from South Africa to Australia by…
Posted on behalf of CSIRO, Ref 11/82 Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They obstruct water flow, increase water temperature, change water chemistry and can displace native riverine plant species. A CSIRO project looking at the reproductive ecology and dispersal ability of the most aggressive invasive species of willows…
At the Botanical Congress today Secrets of a voodoo plant revealed – it could reshape Australian crops, and rescue African farmers from a disastrous plant parasite How cotton was born: a million year-old mating opens up an improved future Is there too much cyanide in imported cassava products? Sister Water Lily meets the Big Bad…
At the Botanical Congress today Secrets of a voodoo plant revealed – it could reshape Australian crops, and rescue African farmers from a disastrous plant parasite How cotton was born: a million year-old mating opens up an improved future Is there too much cyanide in imported cassava products? Sister Water Lily meets the Big Bad…
The Atlas of Living Australia will tell you. Within 5 km of News Limited in Holt Street, Sydney for example there are reports of at least 3,500 different animal species, and 2,400 plant species. ABC Southbank in Melbourne is a neighbour to more than1200 animals and 519 plants. In the coming months the records will…