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For the curious plant lovers who want to understand the science of the plants they grow, love and admire, I make plant science engaging and accessible without losing the science itself.

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Plant & Zo weekly roundup #35-2026

Welcome to the Plant & Zo weekly roundup, the newsletter about the latest plant science discoveries. And welcome to all the new subscribers that joined.

Scientific discoveries happen in bursts. Often there is a global picture. First one or...

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Plant & Zo weekly roundup #34-2026

Welcome to the Plant & Zo weekly roundup, the newsletter about the latest plant science discoveries.

Plants use volatile molecules, a.k.a. scents, for their communication. The problem with scents is, however, that they disperse and everyon...

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Plants Talk—Just Not the Way You Think

Last year my mum got two chili pepper plants, planted them right next to each other. Then one day she noticed that from one plant most of its leaves where gone, chomped up by some hungry insect. A caterpillar or a hungry slug. She did not k...

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Plant & Zo weekly roundup #33-2026

Welcome to the Plant & Zo weekly roundup, the newsletter about the latest plant science discoveries.

Orchids are known for their beautiful flowers, as well as for their dependence on their symbiotic fungal partner. They ‘trust’ their funga...

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Plant & Zo weekly roundup #32-2026

Welcome to the Plant & Zo weekly roundup, the newsletter about the latest plant science discoveries.

Confirming cause and effect and finding out how something causes something else are two different things. Both come with their own challen...

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  • Femke de Jong

    I am a plant biochemist turned science journalist. I write for curious plant lovers who want to understand the science of the plants they grow, love and admire. The goals:making plant science engaging and accessible without losing the science itself.

  • Edgar Huitema, PhD

    I help early career researchers navigate academic research, skills development, and supervision to enable career progression

  • Pedro Lourenço

    Wandering biologist sharing gentle reminders that nature is all around us, and we’re part of it. Essays on noticing nature, hiking the Pieterpad, and a serialization of my book Chronicles from a Planet that was Blue.

  • Oscar D. Garrett

    Plant Biology PhD student at UC Davis with a side of software dev. Trying to improve food security with protein engineering and machine learning, but am easily distracted by side projects...

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