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Transient VENUS
This year’s transit of Venus reminds me – albeit belatedly – to applaud the hard-working botanists of the Universities of Nottingham (UK), Ghent (Belgium), Leeds (UK)
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Lignin and/or suberin? Lignin!
For as long as the Casparian strip (CS) – an impervious component of the endodermal cell wall that blocks the passive flow of water and solutes into
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Lichens, thale cress, tobacco, the great survivors…
It is often said that cockroaches are one of the hardiest of animals, allegedly able to withstand a nuclear holocaust. Well, serious contenders amongst the plant-
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Botany? It’s all about app-lication…
Nowadays, it seems that anybody with a ‘smartphone’ can be a plant biologist. Well, not quite – it takes years of dedicated study, etc to be able
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Sex inequality in science: skirting around the issue?
Recognising the under-representation of women in the science arena (including botany, which is a science – see David Chamovitz’s Daily Plant blog on this point)
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Rejoice, ‘tis the real Bloom’s Day (to be sure…)
June 16th is the date upon which certain individuals around the world celebrate Irish writer James Joyce’s 1904-set literary classic Ulysses. Termed Bloom’s
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Suck on this: predictions and patience in phytobiology
One of the great strengths of the scientific method is its ability to make predictions that can be tested. One of the most famous of those
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Bigging-up the AoB Blog [or, Cann can – and does!]
The communication of science (and particularly discussion thereof and thereon, which often takes the form of post-publication review) has many opportunities in this electronic age.
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Attenborough’s at it (again)!
Finally, news of a new TV series written and presented by the world’s most famous natural history broadcaster and UK National Treasure, Sir David Attenborough.
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…but size is nothing without scale
If you want charming (certainly) and informative (largely), I urge you all to visit ‘The Scale of the Universe 2’, which was created by twins Cary
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Small is beautiful… and more feminine…
Do our crop plants have to be as big as they are? Eh? Well, not such a daft question as you might think. Searching for a
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Plants to celebrate
At last, The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and a committee of scientists have chosen some plants as being amongst their top