by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 12, 2009 | Research
Dr. Mónica Moraes R., of the Herbario Nacional de Bolivia at the Institute of Ecology, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia, is using Montgomery Botanical Center’s greenhouses for a series of germination experiments on select Bolivian palm species,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Oct 30, 2009 | Research
Dr. Dennis Stevenson and Dr. Damon Little are working on a major project to illuminate the pattern of relationships among cycads and their close relatives through DNA studies. Dr. Dennis Stevenson, Rupert Barnaby curator and vice president for laboratory research at...
by Theresa Bramblett | May 19, 2009 | Research
Dr. Le Corff, an ecologist from the French Institut National d’Horticulture, AGROCAMPUS-OUEST is being hosted in the Arthur Montgomery Guesthouse while researching with MBC Honorary Member Dr. Carol Horvitz from the University of Miami. France is working on “grenelle...
by Theresa Bramblett | Apr 15, 2009 | Research
Dr. Larry Noblick, MBC Palm Biologist, performed conservation and research fieldwork in Belize during March, working with biologists from Belize Botanic Gardensand Green Hills Botanical Collections. Belize is known to have a very diverse palm flora, with an especially...
by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 20, 2009 | Research
In keeping with Col. Robert Montgomery’s passion for conifers, MBC recently hosted botanists Patrick Knopf and Dr. Christian Schulz, of Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany in the Arthur Montgomery Guesthouse. Mr. Knopf is a Ph.D. student and Curator of Gymnosperms at...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 12, 2008 | Research
Dr. Cal Welbourn and Dr. Patti Anderson from the Division ofRaoiella indicain Florida- One Year Later”. The red palm mite was first detected in the United States in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on November 29, 2007. Since then, it has been spreading down through...
