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Botanical University Challenge. Annual contest UK & Irish university student teams about botanical knowledge. #BUC2022 #BUC2023

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Amazing long-term experiment about seed longevity in soil-type conditions. Started 1879 and now planned to end in 2100!

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Many among those on this website of job adverts involve plants, outdoor and inside. Also site includes career histories that suggest how career paths can happen.

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The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, also includes a few questions used in past contests for readers to try. Answers to these tomorrow!
You can see past contests on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@BotanicalUniv…
will have lots more!

The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, also includes a few #quiz questions used in past contests for readers to try. Answers to these tomorrow! You can see past contests on our YouTube channel youtube.com/@BotanicalUniv… #BUC2024 will have lots more!
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But which flowers? Verbascum, poppies flowers & seedheads (Papaver somniferum), pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), others. What is the blue flower? Salvia (Salvia guaranitica), false indigo (Baptisia australis) ??

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The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, even includes a botanical joke, courtesy of John Warren

Why are arboriculturists so good at networking?

Answer: Because they are always branching out!

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The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, even includes a botanical joke, courtesy of @John_in_Aber Why are arboriculturists so good at networking? Answer: Because they are always branching out! botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/
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🧐 Did you know?

On Earth, there are 92 naturally occurring chemical elements, 18 are essential to plants and 15 of them are supplied by soils!

Soil health & fertility have a direct influence on the nutrient content of food crops 🌱

Via Food and Agriculture Organization

🧐 Did you know? On Earth, there are 92 naturally occurring chemical elements, 18 are essential to plants and 15 of them are supplied by soils! Soil health & fertility have a direct influence on the nutrient content of food crops 🌱 #SoilAction Via @FAO
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The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, even includes a botanical joke, courtesy of John Warren
Why are arboriculturists so good at networking?
Answer in The Thymes (last page), tomorrow's tweet/X or maybe a reader!

botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

The Thymes, newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, even includes a botanical joke, courtesy of @John_in_Aber Why are arboriculturists so good at networking? Answer in The Thymes (last page), tomorrow's tweet/X or maybe a reader! botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/
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To record distributions, need people to see, identify and appreciate the plants that are there. Lack of awareness of plants. People, knowledge and recording system gaps worldwide. Dr M still going wild! John Warren Seb 🌱🌿☘️🌱 blindness awarenessdisparity

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The Thymes is the newsletter of Botanical University Challenge. Last issue all about . Read and see about Student Botany Festival, written by students attending. Looking forward to !!
All issues on website. Next issue November 2023.
botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/

The Thymes is the newsletter of Botanical University Challenge. Last issue all about #BUC2023. Read and see about Student Botany Festival, written by students attending. Looking forward to #BUC2024!! All issues on website. Next issue November 2023. botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk/the-thymes/
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Keen photographers? Competition you could enter. BSBI started in 1836, long before was common. BSBI has important place in knowledge of plants in Britain and Ireland.
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Biology includes . Membership of professional societies can be useful in botanical careers, as well as personally (discounts on groceries!). Membership levels related to career stage. Fee discounts at earlier stages. Opportunities to support others.

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The Thymes - newsletter of Botanical University Challenge, annual knowledge contest between teams British & Irish students. Four issues on-line each year. Current on finals BUC2023, first Student Botany Festival and looking forward .
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Botanical University Challenge Fun fact: unless they have a common mutation which causes the chlorophyll to be retained during the ripening process. Ripe red shades are now brown/caramel and ripe yellow shades are now green or mustard. Great blog post from Dr. Darren Abbey on colours

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The coconut “nut” is the endocarp, which encloses a single seed. The seed is hollow & partially filled with liquid ( “water”). 🥥 At germination, the hollow is filled by a haustorium, the tissue that contacts the endosperm & transfers energy to the seedling.

The coconut “nut” is the endocarp, which encloses a single seed. The seed is hollow & partially filled with liquid (#coconut “water”). 🥥 At germination, the hollow is filled by a haustorium, the tissue that contacts the endosperm & transfers energy to the seedling. #Arecaceae
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Unripe Capsicum fruit green due to chlorophyll within them. As fruits ripen, chlorophyll diminishes, carotenoids increase. Colours ripe Capsicums from carotenoids & their esters. Many types. Red from capsanthin (food colour E160c(i)). Yellow from violaxanthin (food colour E161e).

Unripe Capsicum fruit green due to chlorophyll within them. As fruits ripen, chlorophyll diminishes, carotenoids increase. Colours ripe Capsicums from carotenoids & their esters. Many types. Red from capsanthin (food colour E160c(i)). Yellow from violaxanthin (food colour E161e).
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Pepper fruits (Capsicum sp.) are true berries. Fleshy fruit without a stone from 1 flower containing 1 ovary. Seeds & fleshy pulp derived from the indehiscent ovary. Endocarp should distinguish berry from drupe. Berries do not have hardened endocarp but some species intermediate!

Pepper fruits (Capsicum sp.) are true berries. Fleshy fruit without a stone from 1 flower containing 1 ovary. Seeds & fleshy pulp derived from the indehiscent ovary. Endocarp should distinguish berry from drupe. Berries do not have hardened endocarp but some species intermediate!
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