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Arabidopsis must die(?)
It looks like somebody has taken the Danish advice to obliterate weeds in my previous item too far in producing a list of ‘The top 10
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Extreme thermal weed control
Ever mindful that we ought to pursue environmentally friendlier methods where at all possible, I’ve been scouring the literature on your behalf. Well, a search
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Hard-up botanist, please give generously
Times are hard; everybody wants more (but seems to be getting less…), many demands are placed upon the flimsy, finite finances of states and their funding
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Free plant science videos!
Always keen to promote free stuff – especially when it is about plants – this column is pleased to advise that videos of several of the presentations from
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New journal
A timely boost to much of the research showcased in the previous items – about the UKPSF’s conference earlier in 2012 – should come from BioMed Central’
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Generating the next generation
My last few posts have looked at the exciting science that was presented recently at the UKPSF conference. How can we ensure there will be a
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Thinking inside the box
The most intriguing presentation of the UKPSF conference was by Charlie Paton (Seawater Greenhouse Ltd). Essentially, his view was ‘Water crisis? What water crisis?’. The water
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Don’t ignore the roots… or the soil!
Lab experiments are all well and good, but they do have their limitations. It is necessary to study plants outside, in the field – or rather below
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New crops?
Back at the UKPSF conference, marker-assisted selection (MAS) was explored by Ian Graham (Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, University of York) in considering molecular breeding
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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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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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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