On May 18th, botany geeks around the world shared their love of plants in this year’s Fascination of Plants Day! Here’s our round-up of some of the best #fopd tweets!
First things first, test your skills with this challenging plant science quiz:
Calling all #plant scientists! Think you know everything about plants? Test yourself: https://t.co/nT4CB8WGQv #fopd pic.twitter.com/xTdhtFiQot
— BioMed Central (@BioMedCentral) May 18, 2016
Check out some of the amazing work done by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI):
PlantSearch is busy tracking ex situ plant collections across the world https://t.co/eTvzVUAnJL #PlantConsDay #fopd — BGCI (@bgci) May 18, 2016
Have you read this thought-provoking post from The Guardian?
If plants are so fascinating why are the majority suffering from #plantblindness? #fopd #fascinationofplantsday https://t.co/T9T3cU6OcJ — FossilPlants (@fossilplants) May 18, 2016
Check out these amazing ears of maize!
New stem cell pathway indicates route to much higher yields in maize https://t.co/W1gYrpAe5F #FOPD #plants pic.twitter.com/87vnMvYAVU — Genome Biology (@GenomeBiology) May 18, 2016
Read on to learn how signals are converted to epigenetic memory:
A great review on the regulation of flowering #fopd https://t.co/zcv15C2rU5 — Dominique Morneau (@dmorneau1) May 18, 2016
More from BGCI:
Training in conservation techniques to protect Ethiopia’s rarest trees https://t.co/6wqItB3nbl #PlantConsDay #fopd pic.twitter.com/rfRkNuDezJ — BGCI (@bgci) May 18, 2016
Includes the amazing subheading “Ovules before brovules”!:
Read up on the complex (and risqué) sex lives of #plants in our brand new blog on plant parenthood https://t.co/SMqDX2qTdB #fopd — Genome Biology (@GenomeBiology) May 18, 2016
Great to hear from some of our younger plant scientists:
Some of the #research plants in our dept. #plantsci #FOPD Thanks @mcdaniellab for the moss! pic.twitter.com/5pbATuNDwz — Undergrad In The Lab (@youinthelab) May 18, 2016
Some fun facts to share with your friends:
On Fascination of Plants Day, we ask, just how fascinating are they? #FOPD More: https://t.co/QxEXBbFCun #CBCTNoT pic.twitter.com/lFAdrVOmcI — cbcdocs (@cbcdocs) May 18, 2016
A fantastic image featuring the adaptations of marram grass to its sand-dune home:
Happy Fascination of Plants Day! #fopd – time for my fav #plantsci image – explanation at https://t.co/3VVhZlJskM pic.twitter.com/KhnCqKmVDG — Katharine Hubbard (@KEHplantsci) May 18, 2016
This fascinating mutation results from an elongated apical meristem:
It’s #FascinationOfPlantsDay & I keep misreading it as #Fasciation. This covers both. https://t.co/VyaEj0eczf #fopd pic.twitter.com/ao7SVbMNRg — Emily Rollinson (@ejrollinson) May 18, 2016
How long does this starch need to last? Plants use their internal circadian clock to ration their energy stores:
Did you know plants perform arithmetic division to stop themselves starving at night? https://t.co/yWDhuWaiZz #fopd pic.twitter.com/cbT5s0RtFG — eLife – the journal (@eLife) May 18, 2016
The loblolly pine’s genome is over seven times larger than yours!
The largest sequenced #plant genome belongs to the loblolly pine, at over 20 Gbp! #fopd https://t.co/xOgdPwtUKa pic.twitter.com/iDporNYiSA — Genome Biology (@GenomeBiology) May 18, 2016
Need more Fascinating Plants? There are lots of great ‘Roots and Shoots’ articles on eLife‘s Medium page!
Almost half of all known insects feed on plants. Find out how plants can fight back. https://t.co/54nhEdqhWJ #fopd pic.twitter.com/WPWDmB8Q1h — eLife – the journal (@eLife) May 18, 2016
How did you celebrate Fascination of Plants Day this year? Let us know in the comments below!
