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Professor Richard West FRS

It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Professor Richard West FRS. Professor West was a former Editor of New Phytologist and served as Chair of the New Phytologist Trust. We offer our sincerest condolences to Professor West&rsquo...

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Shedding light on the shifting shades of hydrangeas

A team of researchers from Nagoya University, Japan, has revealed the elements that come together to give hydrangea flowers their distinctive colour.   The parts of a hydrangea flower that look like petals are actually sepals, and the...

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New Phytologist Tansley Medal 2019 winners announced!

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 New Phytologist Tansley Medal for Excellence in Plant Science!   The calibre of candidates was exceptionally high. Five applicants were shortlisted and the judging panel has awarded...

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210 scientists highlight state of plants and fungi in Plants, People, Planet Special Issue

The Special Issue, ‘Protecting and sustainably using the world’s plants and fungi’, brings together the research – from 210 scientists across 42 countries – behind the 2020 State of the World’s Plants and Fungi ...

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Announcing the New Phytologist Foundation

From today, the New Phytologist Trust is to be known as the New Phytologist Foundation.     The Trustees took the decision to rename to the New Phytologist Foundation to ensure that the organisation’s mission and e...

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A case for botanical gardens to lead in global plant crisis

From a Morton Arboretum press release.   With a sixth global mass extinction event underway and more than one in five plant species threatened with extinction, a new paper advocates that botanical gardens are uniquely positioned to pr...

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Eating in Aridamerica: the desert food of the future

Heat waves, drought and disease are challenging food security in the southwestern USA and Mexico. Scientists are setting their sights on a novel model for desert farming.   As the National Weather Service warns that a heat wave spread...

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Forest pines have an ecological memory

After irrigating forest pines in the dry Pfynwald (canton of Valais) over an 11-year period, researchers stopped the treatment to study the long-term effects. The trees’ reaction to this surprised the international research group led by...

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Insights into the past inform conservation for the future

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) is the largest and highest plateau in the world. The uplift of the QTP creates extraordinary geomorphological and climatic diversity, promoting rapid radiation in plant lineages, while also harbouring some ancient r...

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Getting to the root of crop improvement

From a news release.   The study by Argentine scientists opens paths for the design of crops that adapt to drought and other adversities associated with climate change.   Just as stem cells in mammals can differentiate to...

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