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In praise of Urtica dioica
In the bad old days before Mr Sainsbury and Mr Tesco worked their airmiles magic on the planet, this time of year was known as the
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The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology
Gary has absolutely promised me this will be the last top 10 list. We’ll see 🙂 But here it is anyway, the results of Molecular Plant
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Two Things about plants
The Guardian had an interesting article recently which described a game where you write two very short phrases which describe the two most important points about
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Nothing clings like ivy
Speaking as a gardener rather than a plant scientist, I could make a fairly coherent argument that English Ivy (Hedera helix) is my favourite plant. And
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Here we go again…
In January I wrote about Molecular Plant Pathology’s top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology. Everyone likes a good list, but I had no
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A clearer picture?
In my role as Internet Consulting Editor for Annals of Botany, I spend a fair amount of time counteracting the idea that the job is all
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Wise man speaks much sense about online publishing
The Guardian recently carried an interesting interview with Andrew Rashbass, the chief executive of The Economist group. I’m a big fan of The Economist both
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The Title Says It All?
Jessica Budke recently published an interesting blog post (Is the Title of your Scientific Publication Important?) about her travails with her second published article: I just
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Botany Photo of the Day
Botany Photo of the Day is a fabulous teaching resource from the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. The images and text are licensed
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Need to go?
via Nico Lumma
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Botany: A Blooming History
Last night at 9pm hell froze over – the BBC broadcast a programme about plant taxonomy on a mainstream TV network. Did you see it? I thought
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Gene manipulation in plants – open educational resource
Genetic manipulation of crops is an issue of great current interest and controversy. This unit is part of the Open University OpenLearn project and covers some