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19/10/12 | Oslo

New Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden: an Ongoing Thriller in Many Acts

The Botanical Garden in Oslo has two greenhouses (see photos on the left). They are beautiful, though not practical. For over eighty years there has been a struggle to get a new greenhouse. The current proposal is the "Oase 60 ° N" (see model in photo on the right).

19/10/12 |

Which fungi are most harmful to plants?

About 500 international experts have compiled a ranking of the ten most harmful pathogenic fungi to plants. Top of the list is Magnaporthe oryzae.

25/09/12 | Moscow, Russia

Botanists from MSU Botanic Garden Discover and Describe New Genus of Umbrelliferae

Staff at MSU Botanic Garden have recently described a new genus of plants belonging to the Umbrelliferae family. The plant, which was previously known from just 3 herbarium collections, has been newly collected and studied. It’s a rare plant, which grows only in the Tschulak Mountains (Kazakhstan).