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Nigel Chaffey
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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
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Lowering the bar (well, probably removing it completely…)
Are univariate scatterplots the key to successful data presentation in scientific writing?
Don’t ignore the ‘orphans’!
The FAO has launched a ‘traditional crop of the month’ site to generate more appreciation of the nutritional – and often medical – benefits of food plants.
Newton thwarted by the ascent of sap
Is botany nothing more than a matter of physics?
A blooming disgrace…?
Is Bloom’s Taxonomy responsible for the severe decline in UK students’ knowledge of field biology skills?
Cellulose research reaches new heights
A new study shows the effects that plant cellulose has on the weather!
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.
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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