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Newton thwarted by the ascent of sap
Is botany nothing more than a matter of physics?
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A blooming disgrace…?
Is Bloom’s Taxonomy responsible for the severe decline in UK students’ knowledge of field biology skills?
Reviews
How the Earth Turned Green
How the Earth Turned Green: A brief 3.8-billion-year history of plants Joseph E Armstrong. The University of Chicago Press, 2014. Spoiler alert! This
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Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
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GM crops, quantity or quality…?
GM crops can help, not only with the quantity of food produced worldwide, but also the quality. Golden Rice has enhanced levels of β-carotene.
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So that’s what bears do in the woods!
Through plant–animal interaction, black bears have been shown to help growth and reproduction of yellow rabbitbrush, by feeding on ants.
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Kew’s funding: ‘a recipe for failure’?
Kew Gardens works on ensuring our future as a species on this planet, but with funding cuts, we may be facing crisis talks about Kew’s continued security.
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The great botanical countdown
Oxford Plants 400 was created as a countdown to 25th July 2021, marking 400 years of botanical research and teaching at the University of Oxford.
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Nature Plants: an appreciation [or, Now we are Three…*]
A review of ‘Nature Plants’, the latest offering from the Nature Publishing Group.
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High-impact research
Plant species that survived the K–Pg extinction event had fast-growth ecological strategies corresponding to high assimilation rates & low carbon investment
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Plant parts doing unexpected things: Part 2 (or, Root research all up in the air)
The aerial roots of epiphytic plants perched high above the ground on trees photosynthesise, as well as absorbing water from their surroundings.
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2015 International Year of…
2015 is the international year of soils and light.