Botany Videos

• Trees
  Botany
  Food
  Seeds
  Invasive Species
  Nature
   
  

  Plant Scientists Graft Apple Trees to Select Disease-Resistant Traits

  Grafting -- an ancient way of cloning plants -- enables plant scientists to create new varieties of apples. The selected genetic traits allow trees to resist pests with less pesticides, and to make ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Endangered Plants
  Cloning
  Nature
  Endangered Animals
  Birds
   
  

  Insect Ecologist Spearheads Creation of Oases for Endangered Butterflies

  Waystations for monarch butterflies are sprouting up around the country. With milkweed plants and flowers such as zinnias that produce lots of nectar, these gardens will provide oases for the ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Hazardous Waste
  Landslides
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons

  Planting ferns can be a cheaper, greener way to soak up poisons such as arsenic from the soil. Ferns absorb arsenic through their roots and store it in their leaves, which can then be cut off. ... > more
• Child Psychology
  Children's Health
  Child Development
  Nutrition Research
  Infant's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Psychobiologists Find Genetic Component in Children's Food Preference

  In the first study to link taste genes to behavior in children, researchers looked at how natural variations in a recently discovered taste gene affected sensitivity to bitter tastes and food ... > more
• Fish
  Civil Engineering
  Marine Biology
  Invasive Species
  Sea Life
  Fisheries
   
  

  Materials Engineers Turn to Ferocious Fish for Nonstick Ship Coating

  Researchers are using shark skin as a model for creating new coatings that prevent adhesion of algae and barnacles to boats. The new coating is modeled after sharks' placoid scales, which have a ... > more

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