Plant Cuttings
Latin name or scientific name, where do you stand?
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said Shakespeare – who clearly hadn’t met any botanists.
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Toxin-tainted submarine snow
Human pollution of the seas is turning a gentle rain of food in the marine abyss into something nastier.
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The lachrymatory tale of the barnacle and the bacterium
For Valentine’s Day Nigel Chaffey finds a tale of an unlikely couple who have set up home together, though it ends in tears.
Plant Cuttings
Tree rings stop cell division in plants
This week Nigel Chaffey finds he has a vision problem that needs more than a trip to the optician.
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‘Buckthorn Baggie’ bests buckthorn [Or, invasive aliens, we’ve got them covered, too!]
This week Nigel Chaffey finds a gentler way to kill a plant.
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Desert plants, got ’em covered…
This week Nigel turns his dry wit on desert plants, and finds a cuticle full of charm.
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Moss, bringer of stability, and life…
This week Nigel Chaffey takes a closer look at mosses, the mighty colonisers of the land.
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Visionary plants
A recent spate of books – e.g. Daniel Chamovitz’s “What a plant knows”, Richard Karban’s “Plant Sensing & Communication”, and “Brilliant Green” by Stefano
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The original poo sticks..?
Nigel Chaffey discovers Pooh sticks might be a lot more serious than you realise.
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Humans are good for forests
You are all forgiven for doing a ‘double-take’ upon reading that headline. Usually it’s all bad news when humans and forests are concerned, so
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Alarming role for druse* crystals
With all the hi-tech, whizzy methodology at our disposal nowadays you can be forgiven for thinking that we know all we need to know about
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C4 Wheat? Lend an ear to hear more
One of the Grand Challenges – and, arguably, the Holy Grail – of plant research at present is an attempt to improve the photosynthetic efficiency of plants. Somewhat