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I am a Botanist and former Senior Lecturer in Botany at Bath Spa University (Bath, near Bristol, UK). As News Editor for the Annals of Botany I contributed the monthly Plant Cuttings column to that in
Plant Cuttings
In order to survive in desert-like areas. date palms substantially rely on the exploitation and recharge of the stem reservoir in their water budget.
Plant Cuttings
Kazuo Yamazaki and Simcha Lev-Yadun suggest reflect that the production of white trichomes by some plants might mimic arthropod silk.
Plant Cuttings
Were UK MPs wrong for employing gardener to remove autumn leaves by hand from lime trees in New Palace Yard?
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Plant Cuttings
A recent report by Kadaba Seshadri et al. documents use of bamboo as a breeding base for Indian frogs.
Plant Cuttings
Plants seem to have hit upon an asexual method that can give rise to new species.
Plant Cuttings
An allicin-based solution has been shown to treat trees infected with fungal diseases.
Plant Cuttings
Kiyoshi Mabuchi et al. won an award at the 24th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in 2014, for their work investigating ‘why bananas are slippery’.
Plant Cuttings
This study of the fossilised stem of a royal fern in Lahar deposits from Korsaröd in Scania includes cellular details that are ‘exquisitely preserved’.
Plant Cuttings
A study shows coral polyps actively generate micro-currents and eddies to promote nutrient inflow and exchange of materials using externally located cilia.
Plant Cuttings
Whilst it is claimed that only the taxman can get blood out of a stone, it seems that some plants can abstract water from stone-like
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Strasburger’s Plant Sciences textbook reviewed…
Plant Cuttings
Do you remember the good old days when students read for a degree? Well, I don’t know how much proper reading they do these days