Know your flowers- The Tulips
Tulip originated centuries ago in Persia and Turkey, where it played a significant role in the art and culture of the time. Most likely commenting on the Turkish tradition of …
Keeping a watchful eye on crops -🌾📡- Focus on non-invasive plant imaging technologies
📚 PHENOTYPING – activity or process of determining, analyzing, or predicting all or part of an organism’s characteristic or trait (phenotype). 🚜 Field applications (including aerial and ground-based cameras and …
Health Benefits Of Guava Fruit and its leaves
Common facts about Guava Guavas are tropical trees originating in Central America. Their fruits are oval in shape with light green or yellow skin and contain edible seeds. What’s more, …
The landscape of plant root anatomy & function -🌱🔬- Focus on Nitrogen response
📰 A new study by Li et al. 2022 (The Crop Journal) profiled the transcriptomes of more than 7000 cells derived from root tips of maize seedlings grown on media …
Towards the development of Algae-powered computers 🌿💻
👨🔬 Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year using nothing but ambient light and water. …
Fascinating Facts About Peonies That Will Make You Love This Gorgeous Flowers
Peonies are the queens of the flower garden! With lush flowers, saturated colors, and a long life (these perennials can live up to 100 years!), peonies get all the attention …
Lavender- The Therapeutic Plant
When you hear the word “lavender,” you might immediately think of a lighter shade of purple. But there’s more to this herb than its color. Read on to learn about …
Ethiopian Airlines marks 75th anniversary
Ethiopian Airline Group, the largest Pan-African aviation group, celebrates its 75th anniversary today, April 8, 2021. Ethiopian made its maiden international flight on April 8, 1946 to Cairo. Since then, …
Know your flowers – Zinnia
Zinnias are one of the easiest flowers to grow, as they grow quickly and bloom heavily. Zinnia flowers can create a massive burst of color in your garden First discovered as a …
Know your flowers- Snapdragon ( antirrhinum)
The snapdragon belongs to the taxonomic genus antirrhinum and falls in the plantaginaceae family. The name “antirrhinum” originates from the Greek word “antirrhinon” which translates to “like a nose/snout. “They come in a range …
Blowing Bubbles to Pollinate Flowers
Researchers in Japan have developed a soap bubble-based pollination method that is as effective as doing it by hand. As wild insect populations decline and commercial honeybee colonies suffer maladies, farmers are seeking new …