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Phosphorus (P) found in rice grains originates from two possible sources that are exogenous (post-flowering P uptake from soil) or endogenous (P remobilisation from vegetative
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The largest natural feature on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, which covers over one-third of our planet’s surface. Despite its extent, the historical biogeography
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In the Pantanal it’s possible that botanists have found a plant that taking it’s first steps – upwards.
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Epiphytes are an important component of tropical and subtropical flora, and serve vital ecological functions in forest hydrology and nutrient fluxes…
Plant Cuttings
Nigel Chaffey discovers Pooh sticks might be a lot more serious than you realise.
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Ferns use their leaves for both reproduction and carbon fixation. How do they manage to use one organ to tackle two very different jobs?
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We had a surprising number of well-shared posts in December, and there was no obvious topic that caught your eye, apart from Botany of course.
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November showed how social media isn’t just about pretty pictures. Sometimes pretty pictures are popular, but for our audience, they need to be backed by science.
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October was a mixed month. We lost a botanist in terrible circumstances. There was some hope though.
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The recent confirmation of the names of four new chemical elements is a tribute to the creative powers of humankind. It also shows how much we’
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In September you liked flowers. You liked them fast and you liked them colourful.
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In August you had a daring sense of style, both with images and the moves and rhymes to go with them.