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One of the basic and most widely accepted hypotheses in plant breeding systems is that flowering plant species that embrace self-fertilisation enter an evolutionary “dead
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Over the weekend there’s been discussion on twitter about how to enthuse people about plants. Helen Gazeley kicked it off by asking Will James Wong
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Every year at the Society for Experimental Biology’s (SEB) annual meeting there is a special networking event: The ‘Women in Science’ dinner – which in fact
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Should scientists use social media for work purposes? What types of content can researchers put online and how can they make it reach even further? How
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‘What is a plant?’ I imagine that none of the four speakers at the Society for Experimental Biology’s (SEB) ‘Science with Impact’ session had expected
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Recently the charming rogue Cliff Arnall made the news again. This time it was a rehash of his ‘happiest day of the year’ formula which he
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Anne Osterrieder is a Research and Science Communication Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. Over the next few days I’ll be blogging from the annual meeting
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The July insert cover image shows the berry section of kiwifruit, Actinidia deliciosa; the blue spots are stained vascular bundles. In common with many other fruits,
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We’ve changed the template here. It’s based on the Twenty Thirteen theme that will launch with the next version of WordPress. It means I
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Miscanthus (a closely related species to sugar cane) denotes a herbaceous genus of plants, originating from South Asia and present in Africa too. This genus belongs
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Alors que le sucre et les produits sucrés sont de plus en plus consommés dans le monde,1 les industriels de l’agro-alimentaire recherchent de
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While sugar and sugary products are increasingly consumed in the world,1 manufacturers of food are looking for new sweeteners, with fewer calories and whose safety