Make way for the microbes?
Our civilisation is built on plants – they provide food, shelter, fuel and medicine. Can we rely on them in […]
Botanical Congress, Media releases
Botanical Congress, Media releases
IdentifyLife and Atlas of Living Australia joint release
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, Communication Manager, Atlas of Living Australia. Photos available. “The beginning of wisdom is to call a thing
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Tuesday at the International Botanical Congress
The world’s favourite tree The world loves our eucalypts. Now Eucalyptus had become the world’s favourite tree for farming and
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Eucalyptus genetic secrets unlocked
The world’s most farmed tree has had its genome read, opening the way to new breeding, biofuel, and conservation opportunities.
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Adapting crops and ‘natives’ to a changing climate
Posted on behalf of CSIRO CSIRO scientists are investigating the potentially damaging effects climate change will have on Australia’s agricultural
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The Acacia debate
A plant name dispute that has bubbled away for a decade has finally been resolved at the XVIII International Botanical
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Decisions of the Congress on nomenclature
Key decisions of the Nomenclature Section of the XVIII IBC Written by Nicholas Turland The Nomenclature Section met for five
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The vines they are a-changin’
Climate change is already changing the environment of the established “terroirs” of Australian wines, such as the Coonawarra and the
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Feeding the future
The world cannot rely solely on high tech, genetic modification to generate the extra food needed to satisfy a human
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The Eternal Order in Nature: The Science of Botanical Illustration
Botanical illustration incorporates an extraordinary range of plant representations from flower paintings to finely detailed drawings of plants used for