How can we identify plants?
Plants are essential for many aspects of our daily lives as they provide food, medicines, and construction materials. However, plants can also cause harm, think of poisonous plants, pollen allergies, adulterants in herbal medicines, or invasive species. Correct identification of plants is therefore crucial but unfortunately this is often problematic. Plant.ID wants to address this issue by developing state-of-the-art molecular solutions for a simplified way of identifying plants.
Latest news
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Brazil blog post
Dec. 7, 2018
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María got an Erasmus+ grant!
Dec. 5, 2018
Fantastic news! María received an Erasmus+ mobility grant to participate in a genomics workshop next year. Congratulations!
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Fieldwork in Bolivia
Dec. 4, 2018
Nataly and Stephen flew straight from our Summer School to Bolivia to do fieldwork. Talk about dedication! They are going to collect Cinchona for Nataly's project.
Research output
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Traceability of medicinal plants: a story of safety and honesty
Anthoons B, 2018. Traceability of medicinal plants: a story of safety and honesty. At: CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece. 7 December 2018.
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Genomic barcoding as a tool to trace and identify illegally logged African trees
Mascarello M, 2018. Genomic barcoding as a tool to trace and identify illegally logged African trees. At: PhD day. Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. 20 November 2018.
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Genomic barcoding of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae): A study of global trade and evolution
Woudstra Y, 2018. Genomic barcoding of Aloe L. (Asphodelaceae): A study of global trade and evolution. At: Monocots VI. Natal, Brazil. 7-12 October 2018.
