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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Sponsor a genome…?
Crowdfunding is being used to help sequence the genome of Azolla filiculoides by a team fromProfessor Kathleen Pryer’s Seed-Free Vascular Plants laboratory.
Clear way ahead for leaf research
Scientific Data: an open-access, online-only journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, to help publish, discover & reuse research data.
Something fishy in the veggie patch…
Omega FA-enriched fish in GM-enhanced camelina oil could be a new non-marine source of fatty acids.
Plants, the inside story
Flowering plants devoid of leaves, roots, shoots and some without chloroplast DNA. Are they really plants? Discuss!
Dodgy photos dog phytology
The normally genteel world of botanical research has been shaken, stirred and shocked to its very core by a retraction of a paper.
The trees have it…
Tons of alternative tree uses! Trees, helping to make the world an even more amazing place.
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