” My father was a physicist, while I am a biogeochemist. I live to study plants, and he has never had more than a generic interest in biology. “
” While both plants and animals awaken via distinct changes in metabolic functioning, most plants prefer to err on the side of caution, waiting for hints of full-on summer before they bloom. “
” Plants are decisive to a fault. A stem produces a bud that flowers once and once only. It offers pollen that is either dispersed or goes nowhere. One pollen grain either enters a stigma or it falls upon stony ground. An ovum is either fertilized or the whole project stalls out. “
” I am a scientist who studies plants. I like plants. I think about plants almost every hour of the day, and several hours of the night as well. “
” I am not a farmer, I am a researcher who studies the plants that come to your dinner table, which means that I ask questions for a living. “
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