Plants & People
Banana sustains … for nutrition, for livelihoods and for the environment
How can we grow sustainable bananas?
Plants & People
Orbis non Sufficit
A lot of light and not much heat came from the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Study Week on ‘Transgenic Plants for Food Security in the Context
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PHYLIP and phylogeny inference
PHYLIP, a 30-year-old phylogeny inference package, remains a popular and reliable tool for analysing data, particularly in botany.
Plants & People
The roadside botanist, bananas and cassava biodiversity
Roadside botany in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Plants & People
Molecular tools and quality improvement in vegetatively propagated crops
A Coordinated Research Project (CRP) sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) aims to improve banana and cassava crops, vital for food security in Asia and Africa.
Taxonomy & Evolution
Hybrids: A dead end or the future?
The New York Times has an informative and thoughtful article by Sean Carroll about interspecific hybrids this week. The article starts with photographs of a range
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Nanotechnology and self-cleaning from plant leaf surfaces
Self-cleaning nanotechnology from plant leaf surfaces comes of age
Plants & People
The Rich History of Eggplant or Aubergine
The website Zester explores food and drink culture, including potential species for exploitation and recipes.
Plants & People
Death by Powerpoint, Internet Science Nerds, and #Solo10
As the undergraduates I teach will testify, I’ve railed many times against ‘Death by Powerpoint’. Somewhat amazingly, a few talks at the Science Online 2010
Plants & People
Dissemination and Science On-line #solo10
I am with about 150 people interested in “science communication on-line” at the British Library in London this week. Journals are all about the communication
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Cover pictures, transgene stability and cell biology
Cellular expression of GFP in transgenic potato cells When growing plants in the field or greenhouse, one is very conscious of seasons and thinking about when
Cells, Genes & Molecules
The Genetics Behind Evolution
A recent issue of Annals of Botany highlights seven papers on the genetic basis of plant evolution and speciation.