On the propagation of eXtreme nonsense
In the modern time, not quite like when I was a graduate student, the use of any non-model species (and “model” was not a word […]
Flights of whimsy: Isatis tinctoria – no sequences but a great song
And now for something completely different… woad. This is stuff that I learned by accident (sort of) while preparing the real “science” page for Isatis tinctoria. […]
Please contribute (this isn’t about money)
When the eXtremeplants website went “live” almost two years ago, we were happy with what we had started, but were by no means thinking the […]
Flights of whimsy: eXtreme mesophytes
Why should it be that eXtreme plants can’t live in cities or towns or on university campuses like we do? Sure, the concept of eXtreme […]
Cutting edge: Desiccation tolerance explored through genomes and transcriptomes
Resurrection plants are a diverse and unique group of angiosperms able to tolerate desiccation to the point of being air-dry at low humidity, sometimes for […]
Cutting edge: exploring evolutionary convergence at the gene level
Mangroves are trees that grow in the ocean, but that doesn’t mean they all evolved from a single mangrove predecessor. Instead, they are a diverse […]
Bringing extremophytes to the public: Kudos to Jill Farrant
The concept of using extremophytes to improve food security – either as crops themselves or as sources of genes to improve other crops – is […]
What is an extremophyte?
Extremophytes, or eXtreme plants, or plant extremophiles, are plants evolutionarily adapted to thrive in environments characterized by a high degree of abiotic stress. The list of […]