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Coeliacs, snakebites and the perils of apricots…
Nigel Chaffey continues his exploration of the unexpected health benefits of some foods.
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Sore diners, cycads and birds…
… and now to … dinosaurs (!). Dinosaurs? Well, we did say at the outset of this mini series of articles that ‘seeds and animals’ was a very old
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How hard is it to use plant computational models? Ask our students!
How scary are plant models? Students at Université catholique de Louvain have been finding out.
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Contemporary Citation Classics in Plant Sciences – Journals, Authors and Affiliations
Previously I described the compilation of a list of 517 contemporary Citation Classics in Plant Sciences (1992-2017) and tempted the reader with the prospect of
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Clover, broccoli, and an AIDS-busting plant
Nigel Chaffey starts a series celebrating the human life-sustaining potential of plants…
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The Hungry Gap: Food for temperate February and March
Have we banished the hungry gap? Pat Heslop-Harrison has been talking to BBC Radio Leicester.
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Aridification as driver of plant evolution
Aridification has been a major force in cycad evolution, says José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega. It helps to explain why cycads were capable to adapt and diversify in the modern habitats, even when they originated in the early evolution of land plants.
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Does this seedling taste fishy to you…? ***
NIgel Chaffey returns with another tale of asyníthchory, this time involving fish.
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Citation Classics in Plant Sciences since 1992
Philip White asks what are the classic papers in plant sciences, and highlights a method that allows you to produce your own lists for your field or sub-field.
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Plant collections and flowers for the start of the year #Countryfile
Why do we collect plants? Pat Heslop-Harrison finds out with the BBC television show Countryfile.
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Not one, but two second messengers?
Confusingly, a second second messenger is not a third messenger.
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Phytopathological future for plasma
The fight against pathogens in plants is moving to less familiar states of matter.