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Yes, this is the plant podcast. No, we are not three people running it. Don’t listen to the bots. We know who we are. We think. 

• Eponyms have no place in modern biology
• In the Name of Plants by Sandra Knapp | Waterstones
• Not just flowering time: a resurrection approach shows floral attraction traits are changing over time
• Genome-wide association study reveals WRKY42 as a novel plant transcription factor that influences oviposition preference of Pieris butterflies | Journal of Experimental Botany | Oxford Academic
• ‘Spell-checker for statistics’ reduces errors in the psychology literature
• Drug Delivery in Plants Using Silk Microneedles – Cao – 2023 – Advanced Materials – Wiley Online Library
• Single-cell proteomics: challenges and prospects | Nature Methods 
• To the proteome and beyond: advances in single-cell omics profiling for plant systems
• Smart orchard design improves crop pollination
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault Virtual Tour 
• Take A Peek Inside Svalbard’s “Doomsday” Seed Vault With This VR Tour | IFLScience
• Svalbard Global Seed Vault Virtual Tour 
• Kew’s “Noah’s Ark” Seed Vault Hits 40,000 Species From Around The World | IFLScience
• Why don’t horseflies land on zebras? | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists
• Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack | PLOS ONE

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Believe it or not, we had a chatBot write our title this week. Oh the wonders of science. Speaking of science: plants. Plant science. Sciency plants. planty planty planty science. Now!

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We recorded in advance but then Joram edited late so overall it evens out to just be a day late in your feed. Not that you care, we know you live life like us, one moment at a time, not knowing what day of the week is today. At least we hope you do so we look less messy. Anyway – plants!

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We are back from the break! We are completely different but also pretty much the same so come along and learn about mucus seeds, pink cotton, dandelion physics and a play performed by two very much non-actors.

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While plant science missed out on yet another Nobel prize, you are not missing out on yet another great plant science episode. We have a hairy balled plant, some evidence about ATP and a whole Can of Spinach!

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They trained dogs to search for underground orchids and we trained ourselves to talk about it. Amazing.

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Last week, we wanted to be moss and this week science has listened to us and turned human (cells) into moss. Well kinda. Not really. A little bit. Still, we’re excited to become moss.

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If we could choose, we’d be mosses growing on opposite sides of the same tree.

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Would you trust us if we spoke badly about cheese? This, and other science facts in our newest plant science show for you!

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Sometimes, technology makes our lives better. On other occasions, it makes it much harder. This week was one of those times, the recording equipment failed on us. We still did a fun show full of cool plant science, it just doesn’t sound as nice. Sorry!

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We’re back from our holidays and we brought a big bag of plant facts from the last couple of weeks of plant science!

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No big plant news this week, we are on holiday for a couple of weeks! Talk to you soon!

This week, we learn something new: have you heard about apomictic propagation? Well, now you have. We also bring the hottest news from the plant science world.

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We have a lot of questions this week that even we don’t know the answer to. This is your time to shine

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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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