Laura Crook
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https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/projects/smart-crop-protection-scpLaura is a weed ecologist at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK. She works on herbicide resistance in Black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides) and is also programme co-ordinator for the new Smart Crop Protection project at the institute. She has a passion for plants of all kinds and is particularly interested in promoting research and ideas through science communication. You can find her on Twitter under the handle @crook_laura.
The War Between Trees and Grasses by Howard Thomas: The Book I wished I’d had as an Undergraduate.
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What drives the author to spend time on the piano to re-establish calm or why did the song The Teddy Bears’ Picnic leave an...
Plant Records: Big Problem. Big Experiments. Big Data.
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Laura Crook opens our Plant Records series for this year with black-grass, a problem for cereal farmers.
Black-grass: the farmer’s nemesis
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Visit an arable farm in England, particularly in its central and Southern parts, and ask the farmer what their number one problem is on their farm. They will most likely tell you it is black-grass.
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