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phytologist - a biologist specializing in the study of plants

botanist, plant scientist

biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms

mycologist - a botanist who specializes in the study of fungi

pomologist - someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees

propagator - someone who propagates plants (as under glass)

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The researchers of the study which was recently published in 'New Phytologist' journal discovered that engineering a high-yielding rice cultivar, reduces stomatal density, helps the crop conserve water, and survive high temperatures and drought.

Revolution in cereal crops' breeding: planting rice clones from its seeds

However, according to a study published in New Phytologist there had been very little research into it.

How to water your garden like a pro in the summer; There's actually a science behind it and lots of us have been doing it all wrong

The new work is published in the peer-reviewed journal New Phytologist. The scientists said that understanding the effects of prolonged drought will give them a better sense of what might happen to carbon stored in tropical forests if, as scientists expect, drought events become more common as the climate continues to warm (earthsky.org).

Concerned Photographers for Climate Change

New Phytologist 165: 923-936 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01284.x

Studies on Ectomycorrhiza: An Appraisal

A new Phytologist study of the North American herb Campanula Americana revealed that western populations have darker purple pollen due to extremely high temperatures than eastern populations where white to light-purple pollen is more common.

Temperature may affect pollen colour

Nobel, "Achievable productivities of certain CAM plants: basis for high values compared with C_3 and C_4 plants," New Phytologist, vol.

Transcriptome Comparison Reveals Distinct Selection Patterns in Domesticated and Wild Agave Species, the Important CAM Plants

Garbaye, "Research perspectives on functional diversity in ectomycorrhizal fungi," New Phytologist, vol.

Plant Growth Response of Pinus patula and P. maximinoi Seedlings at Nursery to Three Types of Ectomycorrhizal Inocula

Westoby, "Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: evidence from comparisons across 20 sites," New Phytologist, vol.

Effects of Light and Nutrition Manipulations on Thermal Respiratory Acclimation and Nocturnal Dynamics of Leaf Dark Respiration

Broadley, "Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements often lacking in human diets--iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine," New Phytologist, vol.

Is Strip Cropping an Effective Way for Maize Biofortyfication?

In a paper published in New Phytologist, biologists recently reported that they have discovered a key step in the evolution of this process, which not only helps explain the origins of a brilliant natural colour but also could have uses far beyond brightening your dinner table.

How beets became

Now, Sniezko is applying for a grant from the New Phytologist Trust, an international not-for-profit organization studying plant science.