Plant Biology /tags/plant-biology Plant Biology en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:15:42 GMT How the Missouri Botanical Garden is helping save a critically endangered agave plant /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-25/how-the-missouri-botanical-garden-is-helping-save-a-critically-endangered-agave-plant The Agave pelona only flowers once and takes decades to get there. One of the plants housed at the Missouri Botanical Gardens bloomed this week. Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:15:42 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2022-02-25/how-the-missouri-botanical-garden-is-helping-save-a-critically-endangered-agave-plant Jane Mather-Glass In a race to save rare plants, MoBot scientists study which survive best in St. Louis /health-science-environment/2022-01-20/in-a-race-to-save-rare-plants-mobot-scientists-study-which-survive-best-in-st-louis Nearly half of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction. New research from the Missouri Botanical Garden aims to better predict which species can be grown outdoors in St. Louis. Thu, 20 Jan 2022 11:06:14 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-01-20/in-a-race-to-save-rare-plants-mobot-scientists-study-which-survive-best-in-st-louis Shahla Farzan MoBot’s Conservation Work In Madagascar Hopes To Combat Deforestation Woes /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-04-22/mobots-conservation-work-in-madagascar-hopes-to-combat-deforestation-woes Missouri Botanical Garden garden researchers delve into the center's conservation efforts in Madagascar. Ecologist Adam Smith studied the island's deforestation and found that all of Madagascar's rainforests could disappear by 2080. Botanist Jeannie Raharimampionona explains how MoBot's protected sites in Madagascar aim to combat this prediction. Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:21:21 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-04-22/mobots-conservation-work-in-madagascar-hopes-to-combat-deforestation-woes Lara Hamdan Florissant Native Lands Prestigious Fellowship For Research At Danforth Center /health-science-environment/2019-10-21/florissant-native-lands-prestigious-fellowship-for-research-at-danforth-center Kevin Cox Jr., 28, asked a lot of questions as a child. He wanted to know how and why things came to be. The plant biologist, a Florissant native, figured… Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:39:24 GMT /health-science-environment/2019-10-21/florissant-native-lands-prestigious-fellowship-for-research-at-danforth-center Andrea Y. Henderson