‘Big data’ takes root in world of plant research

10 noviembre 2014

Botanists have compiled and shared 48 years’ worth of global plant data to help answer some of the most pressing environmental and evolutionary questions facing modern society. People invested in living plant collections in botanic gardens through the centuries to bring economic, medicinal and agricultural advantages of plants to people all over the world. The botanists’ database is moving this gift into the digital age of ‘Big Data’.
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