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What The Duck?! · October 16 · 26 min

Fully sick plants

Can plants get cancer? Do they get tumours? WAIT.. is that what those big knobbly bits are on trees? Dr Ann Jones pulls on her experience as a broadcaster with a brain, to find out what's going on with plants and cancer. Won't someone think of the eucalypt! Featuring: Associate Professor Andrew Geering, University of Queensland. Professor John Rathjen, Australian National University. Dr Amy MacKenzie, University of Adelaide. Belinda Smith, ABC Science reporter. Production: Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer. Petria Ladgrove, Producer. Additional mastering: Emrys Cronin This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people. Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.

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Can plants get cancer? Do they get tumours? WAIT.. is that what those big knobbly bits are on trees? Dr Ann Jones pulls on her experience as a broadcaster with a brain, to find out what's going on with plants and cancer. 

Won't someone think of the eucalypt!

Featuring:

  • Associate Professor Andrew Geering, University of Queensland.
  • Professor John Rathjen, Australian National University.
  • Dr Amy MacKenzie, University of Adelaide.
  • Belinda Smith, ABC Science reporter.

Production:

  • Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.
  • Petria Ladgrove, Producer.
  • Additional mastering:  Emrys Cronin

This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people.

Find more episodes of the ABC podcast, What the Duck?! with the always curious Dr Ann Jones exploring the mysteries of nature on ABC Listen (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll learn more about the weird and unusual aspects of our natural world in a quirky, fun way with easy to understand science.

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