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For a plant life on the edge, like on a cliff face, should be peaceful. But Nigel Chaffey discovers one species has a real talent for annoying others.
Plant Cuttings
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Hooray for the hydathode!
There’s more than one way for a pathogen to gain access to healthy leaf.
Plants to the rescue of animals…
From tusks to teeth, plants can step in where animals break down.
Fruit, true food for thought*
Some say fruit is connected to human intelligence, but is the idea a peach or completely bananas?
More reasons to like plants
How helpful is healthy eating advice, if you don’t have the money for making choices?
Where do Chloroplasts go to die?
Even plants find it healthy to eat their greens.
Reducing P uptake by plants
Some things are hard to digest, but is an excess of phosphorus really one of them?
Carnivory, more than meets the eye…
No morsel of the victim is wasted when a plant traps its prey.
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