SciFri Radio: Plants

SciFri Radio: Green Your Lawn
Many home gardeners love a green lawn -- but how can you be grow green grass in the environmental sense as well?

SciFri Radio: Raising a Stink over a Flower in Bloom
Botanists expect a very rare, very large, and very stinky flower to bloom this week in California.

SciFri Radio: Seasonal Allergies
If you're a sufferer of seasonal allergies, you may not need to be told that in some parts of the country, the spring allergy season is in full...

SciFri Radio: Chile Peppers
In this segment, live from Tucson, Arizona, we'll take a scientific look at the chile pepper, from the chemistry and biology of a pepper's burn, to...

SciFri Radio: Tobacco Plants Grow Cancer Vaccines
Researchers report that they've been able to use tobacco plants as biological factories to manufacture specialized proteins needed for an...

SciFri Radio: Tiny Beetle, Big Impact
An increase in the numbers of mountain pine beetles feeding on trees in Canada could turn the carbon-sink forests into greenhouse gas liabilities....

SciFri Radio: Better Agriculture through...Charcoal?
Researchers presenting work at the American Chemical Society meeting say that adding charcoal to soil may provide a big boost to agriculture.

SciFri Radio: Biofuels Research Roundup
Ira talks with several researchers looking at innovative ways to harvest energy from plant materials, including gasoline-like chemicals, ethanol,...

SciFri Radio: Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault Opens
A frozen vault containing samples of seeds from around the world has begun accepting seeds for storage. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault aims to...

SciFri Radio: Michael Pollan - In Defense of Food
Ira talks with author Michael Pollan about his latest book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto."

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SciFri Videos: Plants

Video: Gardening in Alaska
How do plants grow in the land of the midnight sun? Science Friday visited a greenhouse in Denali National Park to find out what it takes to...

Video: Your Video: Blue Dog Greens
Travel to Bangor, Michigan to meet organic farmer Dennis Wilcox. Find out where those mixed baby greens come from. SciFri listener Brad Kennedy of...

Video: Your Garden's Favorite Beverage
Find out how to brew worm tea: a potent power-packed beverage for your plants. Warning: worm tea not for human consumption.

Video: Cultivating the Perfect Pepper
If you've had supermarket salsa, you've probably eaten one of Ed Curry's chili peppers. He's a top pepper breeder in the valley where Geronimo and...

Video: The Secret to Transplanting Lilies
Hot pink lilies messing up your garden's aesthetic? Hide them in the backyard. Professional gardener Tracey Hohman explains the basics of...

Video: Ready To Cut Out Grass? Try Moss
Summertime doesn’t have to mean hours behind the lawn mower, at least for shade-dwellers. David Benner, horticulturist and moss enthusiast, cut...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Plants

Newsbrief: Strange Relations
A tiny grass family turns out to be an ancient flower lineage.

Newsbrief: Age-Old Orchid
A fossilized orchid, the first ever discovered, reveals the age of the flower family.

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Music from Preliner Archives. Audio engineering by Christopher Intagliata. Filmed and produced by Flora Lichtman. Additional imagery courtesy of American Institute of Stress.

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