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Ep. 502 - Unearthing the Mysteries of Underground Storage Organs
Episode 502
Tubers, corms, taproots, bulbs... There are many different kinds of underground storage organs in the plant world. Moreover, they form from many diff…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 501 - Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives
Episode 501
Domestication is a spectrum, especially for botanical crops. Regardless of where a plant is on that spectrum, it nevertheless has a wild origin. Unde…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 500 - 500?!
Episode 500
It is hard to believe, but you are about to listen to the 500th episode of the In Defense of Plants Podcast. So much has happened over the nearly 10 …
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 499 - Aspen & Forest Health
Episode 499
Aspen (Populus tremuloides) are synonymous with many habitats throughout North America. This tree is a species of superlatives, but its grandeur does…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 498 - Planting a Future for Ecuadorian Biodiversity
Episode 498
Protecting and restoring biodiversity in a place as biodiverse as Ecuador is no small task. You have to work hard and collaborate and that is exactly…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 497 - Understanding the Bewildering Diversity of Plant/Pollinator Interactions
Episode 497
One cannot overemphasize the importance of plant/pollinator interactions. The world as we know it would not exist without these complex components of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 496 - Tree Rings Revisited
Episode 496
Counting the rings of a tree can be so much fun. In the temperate zone, each ring marks a year in that tree's life. However, if you know what to look…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 495 - Pack Rats & Paleoclimates Revisited
Episode 495
Novel approaches are always fun. Nowhere is this more apparent than in today's podcast. We revisit a conversation with Dr. Camille Holmgren from SUNY…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 494 - The Botanical Mysteries of the Mazon Creek Formation
Episode 494
The Mazon Creek Fossil Formation is famous the world over for the exquisite preservation of soft tissues in animals. These rocks provide pristine sna…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 493 - Being Friendly to Bees
Episode 492
"Benefitting pollinators" is a phrase that gets used a lot, especially in gardening circles. While most of us will agree with the sentiment, what doe…
1 year, 10 months ago