Thank you for visiting the blog of the Fall 2022 Botany class at the College of Charleston. Dr. Dan McGlinn asked his students to each chose a peer-reviewed published scientific paper to share with the broader community. The product of the students’ hard work is this blog. We hope you enjoy reading and that you learn something interesting! Here is a table of all posts but can they can also be found using the search bar for keywords. Please share and leave us a comment!

Dan McGlinn

Author	Title of post
All class members	Apples-to-Apples: understanding how a-peel-ing different apple varieties are
Akshaya Ragukumar Ajitha	Morphological changes happen to maize over time
Anna D’Aleo	Catastrophic cascades how the removal of the blue crab creates a problem for saltmarshes
Emily Kang	Why is the monstera deliciosa fruit popular
Akshith Ragukumar	How do plants communicate
Percival Knight	Grasslands need to be eaten
Elizabeth Richey	Have you tried botanical pesticides
Christian Hamner	Fermented drinks span way back to ancient china
Alannah Burrill	Climate change is not the bees knees how will pollinators and plants be affected by increasing global temperatures
Kayla Humphries	Stop taking turns your garden will thank you for cover crops
Ashley Washington	Folk medicine in nepal claimed to prevent covid 19
Abby Satterwhite	Why cant we bee friends plants compete for pollinators
Abby Ayling	Dumbing down a scientific paper and relating it to mushrooms
Larina Evstafyeva	Soil and the human gut biome they are more related than you think
Alexis Billings	Stress is good mycorrhizal fungi feel stressed too
Maggie Wetzel	Little turtles trek to sea