Plants and Pipettes

Tegan and Joram explore the world of molecular plant research. How to plants sense their environment? What controls their metabolism? How do they store energy? Come along to an excursion into the very cells of all green things!

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episode 112: Giggle Peas


In this episode, Joram learns about wuthering heights and Tegan learns why chickpeas are believed to giggle in Germany. Also there is talk about red nectar, flammable litter and really old trees.

  • Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 
  • Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights – Official Music Video – Version 2 
  • Nesocodon mauritianus – Temperate House | Kew Gardens
  • Red nectar from a plant could be source of new dye
  • Convergent evolution of a blood-red nectar pigment in vertebrate-pollinated flowers | PNAS
  • Archana Sharma
  • Cytology of Amaryllids as an Aid to the Understanding of Evolution
  • Fixity in Chromosome Number of Plants
  • Archana Sharma: An Indian Woman Botanist, a Cytogeneticist, Cell Biologist and a Cytotoxicologist
  • Dr. Archana Sharma: The Pioneering Indian Botanist | #IndianWomenInHistory
  • Archana Sharma (botanist) – Wikipedia
  • The History and Challenges of Women in Genetics: A Focus on Non-Western Women
  • A history of women in plant science | John Innes Centre
  • Biases in ecological research: attitudes of scientists and ways of control | Scientific Reports
  • Herbicide residues in soil affect hormone levels in crop plants
  • Frontiers | A Glyphosate-Based Herbicide in Soil Differentially Affects Hormonal Homeostasis and Performance of Non-target Crop Plants | Plant Science 
  • Rare Breed of Ancient Trees With Incredible Lifespans Help Keep Their Forests Alive
  • Old and ancient trees are life history lottery winners and vital evolutionary resources for long-term adaptive capacity | Nature Plants
  • Jerusalem artichoke – Wikipedia 
  • Sporangium Exposure and Spore Release in the Peruvian Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum peruvianum, Pteridaceae)
  • Pteridophytes: Ferns
  • Widespread decline in winds promoted the growth of vegetation
  • Frontiers | Litter Flammability of 50 Southeastern North American Tree Species: Evidence for Mesophication Gradients Across Multiple Ecosystems | Forests and Global Change
  • Evidence of local adaptation in litter flammability of a widespread fire-adaptive pine
  • Scientists Teach Cockatoos to Play ‘Golf’, Showing Off The Birds’ Clever Tool Use

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 February 18, 2022  1h11m