Longtemps considérée comme une méthode culturale réservée aux pays du Sud, l’agroforesterie connaît depuis peu une certaine expansion en Europe. L’agroforesterie définit toute association d’arbres et de cultures, ou d’activités d’élevage, sur une même parcelle agricole.[1] Autrefois traditionnellement et massivement présente, elle a peu à peu disparu de nos paysages après la seconde guerre mondiale […]

Agroforestry was first considered as a farming method restricted to the South only, but it has recently experienced new challenges in Europe. Agroforestry is defined as any combination of trees and crops or animals on the same plot.[1] Once traditional and massively present, it has gradually disappeared from our landscape after the Second World War, […]

Fritz Müller (Johann Friedrich Theodor Fritz Müller), was a German naturalist. He was born near Erfurt in 1821. He was the son of a minister, and he began studying pharmacy but he quickly abandoned in order to turn to study mathematics and natural sciences. He obtained his doctor’s diploma in 1844, with a thesis on […]

What is agroecology? Agroecology is a scientific subject stemming from the crossing of three disciplinary groups: agronomic sciences (agronomy and animal breeding), theoretical ecology applied to agrosystems, and social and economic sciences (sociology, geography, economy).[1] It aims to analyze, through these three scientific approaches, the management of an “agro-eco-system”. There are different goals as to […]

It seems that for some plants and insects the attraction is so strong that they could not live without each other. This post is in both English and French.

Evolution need not be a lonely path. Some insects and plants have evolved in partnership with each other, sharing an attraction that's can be almost electric.

Le Muguet (Convallaria majalis) est une plante herbacée de la famille des Liliacées. Originaire d’Asie, on le trouve dans les régions tempérées fraîches d’Europe, en Asie et en Amérique du Nord. Ses fleurs forment des grappes de petites clochettes blanches très odorantes et sortent au début du Printemps ; il a donc très vite été […]

The first of May is a day associated with many celebrations, starting from the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane. The may also be an early origin to the connection with a distinctive flower. This is a bilingual French / English post.

A wide range of abilities have long been attributed to the animals (within pluricellular organisms of the living world) to animals only: the ability to move, to stimulate an organ repetitively and very quickly, to communicate with one another or to act in a network. In practice, these skills are easily noticeable in animals by […]

AoBBlog is delighted to welcome two guest authors who are carrying out project work with Annals of Botany Editor Dr Karine Alix. Aurélien and Antoine introduce themselves below, and will be making posts in both English and French over the next months. While most words can be translated between the languages, I am always interested […]