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People and the planet report | Royal Society
See on Scoop.it – AnnBot There are two important pieces of ‘grey literature’ today: the first, from the Royal Society, is a report on how global
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Dogs, blossom and wine
The life led by the ancients was rude and illiterate; still, as will be readily seen, the observations they made were not less remarkable for ingenuity
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Plant walls, art and improving our environment
I’ve seen a new approach to use of ornamental plants several occasions recently: walls of plants covering outdoor and indoor sites. At the indoor site,
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In praise of Urtica dioica
In the bad old days before Mr Sainsbury and Mr Tesco worked their airmiles magic on the planet, this time of year was known as the
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Root Research comes to the UK
2012 is a big year for roots researchers. The International Society of Root Research is holding its big event in the UK for the first time.
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The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology
Gary has absolutely promised me this will be the last top 10 list. We’ll see 🙂 But here it is anyway, the results of Molecular Plant
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Two Things about plants
The Guardian had an interesting article recently which described a game where you write two very short phrases which describe the two most important points about
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Nothing clings like ivy
Speaking as a gardener rather than a plant scientist, I could make a fairly coherent argument that English Ivy (Hedera helix) is my favourite plant. And
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Happy International Women’s Day 2012!
“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it.
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Here we go again…
In January I wrote about Molecular Plant Pathology’s top 10 plant viruses in molecular plant pathology. Everyone likes a good list, but I had no
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The future of plant science
Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. In an article published in The Plant Cell, the two researchers
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Small scale milling of wheat flour in a roadside shop
This is a video of a flour mill with two stones in a small shop outside the gates of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. The film