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Von Tannenbäumen und Weihnachtssternen

Weihnachten steht vor der Tür und Tannenbäume sowie Weihnachtssterne halten Einzug in unsere Stuben. Peter Enz, Leiter des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Zürich, berichtet über die ideale Tannenart, mehrjährig blühende Weihnachtssterne…

Arabidopsis arenosa plants growing in the Rhine Valley

Kirsten Bomblies – New Swiss Plant Science Web member

The Swiss Plant Science Web welcomes its new member Prof. Dr. Kirsten Bomblies. Visit her personal SPSW research portfolio Adaptive evolution in response to genome duplication and climate. Kirsten chairs a research group in the Institute…

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Plant breeding – from cross breeding to genome editing: fact sheet

Climate change, emerging pests and scarce resources – sustainable production of sufficient food of high quality requires plant varieties to be continuously adapted to current and future production systems. Regardless of the crop, the basic…

Plantago lanceolata, ribwort plantain

Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities

Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, even if individuals belong to the same species and the same population. Ecologists at the University of Zurich have now shown…

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Future Food Fellowship – 2021 Call

The Future Food Fellowship a postdoc programme for exceptionally qualified young researchers who propose projects targeting future food issues, such as nutrition, production, packaging and health. Although the call is open to any…

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Julia Santiago 2020 EMBO Young Investigator

EMBO welcomes its 2020 Young Investigators, among them is professor Julia Santiago, professor for plant signaling mechanisms at the University of Lausanne and member of the Swiss Plant Science Web.New EMBO Young Investigators will receive…

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Short-term pollutant peak concentrations severely underestimated

The mobile and automated MS2field mass spectrometer allows for on-site measurements of harmful substances in surface waters with high temporal resolution. The initial measurements using the device are reveal the extent to which peak…

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Arten vor dem Aus

Zu Besuch bei aussterbenden Tieren und Pflanzen in der Schweiz. Still und leise verschwinden in der Schweiz unzählige Tier- und Pflanzenarten. Zusammen mit dem Fotografen Tomas Wüthrich begleiteten die Journalisten Gregor Klaus und Nicolas…

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Trop d’azote et de phosphore: lourde charge sur l’environnement en Suisse

En Suisse, les apports excessifs d’azote et de phosphore dans l’environnement nuisent gravement à la biodiversité, aux forêts et aux eaux ; ils accentuent le changement climatique et portent atteinte à la santé humaine. Tel est le constat…

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The world’s largest inventory of known (and accepted) plant species (names)

Leipzig researchers compile the world’s largest inventory of known plant species. It contains 1,315,562 names of vascular plants. It extends the number of recognised plant species and subspecies by some 70,000 – equivalent to about 20%. …

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