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[Science news] - High levels of genetic diversity in wild populations of Robusta coffee in Yangambi (DR Congo)
A team of researchers have been studying the genetic diversity and structure of wild Robusta coffee populations and their relationship to forest disturbance in Yangambi, DR Congo...
[Science news] - Ground-breaking work on extinct plants identifies 161 species as candidates for de-extinction
A study carried out by an international group of 32 institutions including Meise Botanic Garden reports the first list of plant de-extinction candidates based on the actual availability of seeds in herbarium specimens of globally extinct plants...
[Science news] - The forgotten officina of Meise Botanic Garden
In a medicinal garden, such as the one at Meise Botanic Garden, the visitor can discover which plants are behind phytotherapeutic preparations or herbal infusions...
[Science news] - Monsieur Bernardin in the economic botany collections of Meise Botanic Garden
The herbarium of Meise Botanic Garden houses the extraordinary drug collection of Bernardin, jozefite at the internationally renowned House of Melle – now College of Melle – from 1838 to 1889...
[Science news] - Exploration of vegetable fats and oils in the drug collection of Meise Botanic Garden
In the economic botany collection of Meise Botanic Garden, a very special collection has been unearthed and scrutinized...
