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What does Plants, People Planet mean?
EDIT: This post was written at the symposium as it happened. It has now been edited to correct some errors made while working rapidly, fix links,
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The Big Botany Challenge – promoting passion for plants in our schools!
Jonathan Mitchley on a symposium coming to Reading University in November to help fight plant blindness.
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Candidate gene identification in perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) is the most widely cultivated forage and amenity grass species in temperate areas worldwide and there is a need to understand the
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Celebrating 1, 10 and 100
Treasurer Roderick Hunt celebrates a few milestones for the Annals of Botany Company.
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Miraculin: The Miracle in Miracle Fruit
The quest for a sweetener healthier than sugar continues. One possible candidate is Synsepalum dulcificum, but it isn’t a simple task to create a new sweetener.
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Waring out the carbon: is net primary productivity proportional to gross primary productivity?
Gross primary productivity represents the total carbon fixed through photosynthesis in an ecosystem. Since plants also breakdown sugars produced through photosynthesis, releasing carbon and energy for
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An impatient person’s guide to making black flowers
For World Goth Day, I have tried to make a black flower. It didn’t work, but I have failed in a way that might explain why it’s not easy to make a Rainbow Rose.
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All good things come to an end…
This Cuttings collection is the last that will appear in the Annals of Botany journal. Since the column was launched on an unsuspecting world in January
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Do the small things to make a big difference
Across Europe, students and young people are taking a stance on climate change and demanding action. From Belgium to Germany, youth-led climate protests are becoming
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Burning States
Wildfires are on the move in North America. Not just sweeping across landscapes in a season, but also changing where they appear over the years.
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What’s Not a Nut?
‘May contain nuts’, but what is a nut? A quiz to annoy your friends with.
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Plants can show your presence at a crime scene
How empty does a room have to be to have no witnesses?