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Born in 1897, Janaki Ammal was a pioneering botanist who studied plant breeding, genetics & cytogenetics.

Ammal overcame both gender & caste discrimination & was the first Indian woman to obtain a Ph.D. in botany in the U.S.

Her research was crucial for developing high-yield varieties of sugarcane, eggplant & magnolias. Ammal also promoted conservation & was a pioneer of indigenous approaches to the environment. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/pioneering-female-botanist-who-sweetened-nation-and-saved-valley-180972765/ #HistoryRemix #science #history #plants


Practising Permacomputing: Call for workshop participants

"This autumn is dedicated to Practising Permacomputing; a concept and a nascent community of practice-oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology derived, among others, from permaculture principles. As part of this community, space is offered to makers and thinkers in digital culture (and other connected areas) to put the fundamentals and applications of #permacomputing into practice through a series of workshops, a meetup, and a concluding day of public presentations with guests. Join us to explore permacomputing futures!"

https://www.fiber-space.nl/project/permacomputing/

#workshop #selfhosting #datacenter #recycling #electronics #plants #amsterdam


Climate change threatens 771 endangered plant and lichen species #climate #ClimateChange #endangered #species #plants #lichen https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230726171300.htm


Ynes Mexia was born in 1870 & became one of the most successful botanists in the world.

At a time when most people felt women couldn't travel alone, she did - A woman of color in her 50s & 60s. Mexia traveled the Americas for 13 years, collecting >145,000 #plants & discovering >50 new species.

She was a fierce conservationist & early pioneer fighting to preserve the redwood forests of California. She also advocated for Indigenous rights. https://www.nps.gov/people/ynes-mexia.htm #HistoryRemix #science #history


Future Proof Plays: Strange Horticulture


I absolutely adored this game. I finished two endings the same weekend as this stream. If you aren't in the mood to play in real dirt, why not instead play in virtual dirt while unraveling the inner workings of a coven and a cult? 🤷🏾‍♀️

This was part of my game studio's Future Proof Plays series of streams. Check out our upcoming schedule and our entire set of archives (including my partner's streams) over on YouTube. Follow me over on Twitch to watch my streams live.

Strange Horticulture: https://www.iceberg-games.com/strange-horticulture/
Twitch: https://twitch.tv/averymd
Mastodon: https://irrsinn.life/@melissa

Music album "Petal" by Broke For Free
Available at https://brokeforfree.bandcamp.com/album/petal
Used with permission


Could use some more opinions on this from folks familiar with Southern US #gardening, climate, and #wildlife: https://www.reddit.com/r/plantclinic/comments/14et4y1/help_my_baby_please/

Current off-reddit hypothesis is that caterpillars went to town on it and that it'll probably recover now that their busy season is over. The city balcony it's on is on the 3rd floor, but near some trees.

#plants #plantclinic


Giant leaves on T. zebrina 'Deep Purple'! In the right conditions I find this cultivar gets bigger leaves than any other zebrina.

#plants #houseplants #tradescantia @plants @houseplants


Stressed #plants ‘cry’ — and some animals can probably hear them

Fascinating new research using microphones captured ultrasonic crackles from plants that are water-deprived or injured. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00890-9 #nature #science


Looks pretty cool

Mycorrhizas drive the evolution of plant adaptation to drought

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-023-04722-4

#evolution #coevolution #plants #fungi


"The residents of the Swiss canton of Valais are used to seeing their mountainsides covered with snow in winter and edelweiss flowers in summer. But as global heating intensifies, they are increasingly finding an invasive species colonising the slopes: cacti."

#Switzerland #Cacti #Climate #ClimateChange #Plants

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/10/cacti-replacing-snow-on-swiss-mountainsides-due-to-global-heating


Some plants can monitor #environmental #conditions around them and release #seeds at times #optimal for #dispersal.

#Dandelion seeds close up a bit in #wet #weather and don't travel as far as in their more open, #dry weather form. New #research (Seale et al. 2022) shows that dandelions hold on to seeds in wet weather and release them more in dry weather.

Do #plants exhibit #behavior? I would argue, yes.

Paper: https://elifesciences.org/articles/81962

Explainer: https://elifesciences.org/articles/81962

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