Lab Notes: How do flowers know when to bloom?

The last days of winter are here and already you may be seeing flowers blooming around you. Why is that? How do flowers know when to bloom, and is it always around springtime?

Jonathan Webb digs into these questions with Dr Greg Moore to try and uncover the mechanisms behind flowering plants.

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Featuring:

• Dr Greg Moore, The University of Melbourne

Further information:

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This episode of Lab Notes was produced on the lands of the Gadigal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri people.