by Theresa Bramblett | Feb 14, 2008 | Research
A research and conservation project involving Montgomery Botanical Center and National Tropical Botanical Garden recently obtained specimens and data for conservation and research. The project focused on native Pritchardia populations. Pritchardia comprises some of...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 13, 2007 | Research
With support from a USDA Agricultural Research Service Germplasm Exchange Grant, Chad Husby, Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) collections manager and botanist, and Ronald Determann, conservatory and conservation director for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, successfully...
by Theresa Bramblett | Dec 7, 2007 | Research
Craig Brodersen, doctoral candidate at the University of Vermont, is using Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) extensive palm and cycad collections for his research on photosynthesis. Palms and cycads, many of which are well adapted to a high light environment,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 29, 2007 | Research
Ian Watt of Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, United Kingdom, and his colleague, Stephen Wagner, studied Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) cycad collections, evaluating their horticultural potential for southern England. Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, located...
by Theresa Bramblett | Nov 1, 2007 | Research
Dr. Wenheng Zhang studied live floral material at Montgomery Botanical Center during the lastith her colleague, Dr. Chuck Davis, Dr. Zhang is researching the evolution of floral development in the Malpighiaceae, which has shown transitions between radial, subradial,...
by Theresa Bramblett | Sep 27, 2007 | Research
Dr. Angelica Cibrian Jaramillo, postdoctoral associate at the New York Botanical Garden, is studying Montgomery Botanical Center’s (MBC) Cycas micronesica collection as part of her population genetics research. Cycas micronesica—indigenous to Guam, Rota, Yap,...
