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Taylor Lockwood, mushrooms and the holey veil: DVD video review
We bought a television two years ago. Sadly, despite the 723 channels available, my worst suspicions about quality have been confirmed: there is almost nothing I
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Bioenergy crops
And more from the UK Plant Science Federation (UKPSF) conference (18th and 19th April, 2012, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK). Iain Donnison (Institute of Biological Environmental
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Nectar secretion in an ornithophilous bromeliad
Several members of Bromeliaceae show adaptations for hummingbird pollination in the Neotropics; however, the relationships between floral structure, nectar production and pollination are poorly understood. Stahl
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Stormy times ahead
Sir John Beddington (Chief Scientific adviser to the UK Government) opened the UK Plant Science Federation (UKPSF) conference (18th and 19th April, 2012, John Innes Centre,
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Brassica monosomic alien addition lines
Addition of each chromosome of Brassica oleracea to the chromosome complement of B. rapa results in a series of nine monosomic alien addition lines. Heneen et
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The UKPSF
The United Kingdom Plant Science Federation (UKPSF) was launched on 23rd November 2011, having recognised that ‘UK Plant Science can only meet its potential through stronger
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Reproductive barriers to interspecific Corymbia hybridization
Corymbia species have a high propensity to form interspecific hybrids. Dickinson et al. investigate the locations and activity of reproductive isolating barriers between species, and identify
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Genetics of domestication of yardlong bean
The genetics of yardlong bean (Vigna unguiculata ssp. unguiculata cv.-gr. sesquipedalis), a vegetable form of cowpea, is of particular interest because the genome of this
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BusyBotVacPlan
What should a busy botanist do in the summer holidays? Perhaps rest if he’s been teaching a lot during term-time, maybe catch up on
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Tree litter effects on understorey vegetation
Litter can affect plant population structure via both physical and chemical mechanisms, allowing or preventing different species to establish under different litter types. Baltzinger et al.
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New methodologies…
In the olden days – e.g. the 19th Century – science was severely hampered by the lack of technology to perform the experiments that those gentlemen (sorry,
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Timberline formation and dynamics
Altitudinal timberlines are thought to be moving upward as a result of global climate change. Takahashi et al. evaluate how the timberline has formed in a