Ep.38 Plant biology basics - Professor Ros Gleadow (Monash Uni, Global Plant Council, Eucalypt Australia)

Plants Grow Here - Horticulture, Landscape Gardening & Ecology

Ros Gleadow is a professor of plant sciences at Monash University, President of the Global Plant Council and a board member at Eucalypt Australia, and in this episode she walks us through some of the basics of plant biology, including the 4 different types of plants, where the meristematic tissue (a.k.a. stem cells) are located, and plant reproductive strategies. This episode is a must-listen for anybody that's serious about working with plants.
EPISODE LINKS
Monash Uni: https://www.monash.edu/
Global Plant Council: https://globalplantcouncil.org/
Eucalypt Australia: https://www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au/
Ros's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosGleadow
Check out the following support materials with diagrams!
Vascular systems: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/introduction-to-vascular-systems
Monocot vs. dicots: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/monocots-vs-dicots-with-diagrams
Meristems: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/meristematic-tissue-how-a-plant-grows-larger
Identifying plants with leaves and flowers (including flower diagrams): https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/identifying-plants-with-leaves-flowers-and-beyond
Plant buds: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/what-are-plant-buds
Nodes/internodes: https://plantsgrowhere.com/blogs/education/nodes-and-internodes
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