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Not only do the growing billions of people in the world want to eat, but those in poorer countries want to share in the lifestyles those of us enjoy in the West. They don’t want to be wondering where the next meal for themselves and their families will be coming from; they don’t want to get ill from
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You might put together a salad from what you’ve grown in your back garden, but it’s a surprisingly cosmopolitan meal. Tomatoes came from Mesoamerica
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The ability to simulate plant competition accurately is essential for plant functional-type (PFT)-based models used in climate-change studies. Yu and Gao investigate competition
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The Yellow Stripe-Like (YSL) family of proteins are transporters of metal-phytosiderophore and metal-nicotianamine complexes. Information concerning their physiological role(s) is critical for
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Via Scoop.it – AnnBot Alan Spedding, Rusource Briefing 1381: Miscanthus breeding Researchers at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at the University of
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Karrikinolide (KAR1) is a smoke-derived chemical that can trigger seeds to germinate, and shows promise as a tool for flushing out weed seeds from the
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Papilionoid Fabaceae include species with flowers that have obstacles that have to be actively moved by a visitor before floral rewards can be accessed and pollination
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Blog Action Day is an annual event that encourages bloggers to talk about a specific topic. This year the theme is Food and it seems like
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The presence of co-flowering species can alter pollinator foraging behaviour and positively or negatively affect reproductive success of individual species. Liao et al. investigate interactions
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Wild tobacco, Nicotiana debneyi, has fungal resistance, but sexual incompatibility prevents introgression of its resistance genes into the ornamental tobacco, N. × sanderae. Patel et al. show
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Botany Photo of the Day is a fabulous teaching resource from the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. The images and text are licensed
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What to tell new Biological Science students in their first lecture? We are drowning in high-quality information, but need to teach how to find and evaluate information, and what to do with it. Social media now plays a part in this, and Practical classes are one of the greatest opportunities for lea