Scientists have identified an unusual enzyme that plays a major role in the infection of plants – and have shown that disabling this enzyme effectively stops plant disease in its tracks. By discovering previously unexplored ways in which crop pathogens break through plant cell walls, the scientists have opened up opportunities for developing effective disease … Continue reading Researchers Identify New Enzyme That Infects Plants – Paving The Way For Potential Disease Prevention (Botany) →

Curtin University researchers have identified seven new species of wild tobacco growing in Western Australia and the Northern Territory, including the first of this plant type found to kill insects, which was discovered in northern Western Australia. Published today, the research, which identified a wild tobacco plant unique for using a sticky substance to trap … Continue reading Study Discovers Unique New Insect-killing Tobacco Plant in WA’s Gascoyne (Botany) →

Resedaceae is a family of mainly Mediterranean herbs. The genus Stixis is one of the six genera in family Resedaceae. To date, China has recorded three species and one subspecies of the genus Stixis, and all these species were reported in Yunnan province.  When surveying Extremely Small Population of plants in southwest Yunnan, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of … Continue reading New Species of Resedaceae Found in Dehong, Yunnan (Botany) →

Typhonium is the largest genus in the aroid family (Araceae). It comprises of about 100 species of tuberous perennial herbs, and is most often found in wooded areas. 12 species in the genus Typhonium have been found in Myanmar.  During the exploration of family Araceae in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, a researcher came across an enigmatic Typhonium species collected in Monywa and Budalin Township of Monywa District … Continue reading New Aroid Species Found in Myanmar (Botany) →