Should we be looking to parasitic plants to help control invasive species?
Biologists have been looking at biological controls like herbivores to control invasive plants. New research suggests we should also look at what parasitic plants can do.
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Online trading is increasing the damage done by illegal trading in plant material, but researchers have suggestions to reduce this.
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Scottish barley may have the genes to aid cultivars in marginal lands
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Non-native plant species climb mountains in a different way to native species
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Interspecific hybridization between Camelina sativa and C. microcarpa
Work continues trying to boost Camelina’s value as an oilseed crop.
Now is the time start a nature diary
You can help nature by making a little time for yourself.
Grasses invading a sub-Antarctic Island respond to rising temperatures, at a cost
Changing temperatures on Marion Island will remove restraints holding back invasive grasses.
Some pollen hitches a lift on butterfly wings to travel between plants
There’s not a lot on a butterfly, if you ignore the wings. That’s why some plants keen on pollination target them.
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