New year greetings and a look forward to plans for the coming year.
Author - AJ Cann
AJ Cann
You can look but not touch
via iPhylo “The Plant List () has been released today, complete with glowing press releases. The list includes some 1,040,426 names. I eagerly looked for the Download button, but none is to be found. You can grab...
Testing Times for Plant Family Recognition
This paper features an illustrated tutorial for 11 of the largest plant families in Australia (over 50% of Australia’s plant species), augmented with a series of interactive tests.
Small RNA activity and function in angiosperm gametophytes
The presence and activity of small RNA pathways in plant gametophytes remains largely unexplored - which is unexpected in view of the pivotal role of small RNAs in animal germline development.
Plant biology: Growth industry
To learn the chemical language of plants, Ian Baldwin has built up a German research empire that engineers seeds and a field station in the Utah wilderness to grow them.
The impact of plant biotechnology on food allergy
Concerns about food allergy and its societal growth are intertwined with the growing advances in plant biotechnology. Knowledge of plant genes and protein structures provides the key foundation to understanding...
See like a bee
Though bees can see colour, they perceive the world differently from us. Unlike humans, bees have evolved a different color recognition system which allows them to see colours in the ultra-violet range. New research...
Money doesn’t grow on trees
This post reflects the personal opinions of the author and does not seek to represent the position of the staff, Editorial Board or publisher of Annals of Botany. Annals of Botany is proud to offer an open access...
Herbaria are a major frontier for species discovery
Should effort, funding, and research focus be directed as much to examining extant herbarium material as collecting new material in the field?
Bad Times Just Around The Corner
… for Plant Sciences at Imperial College London, according to a post on the Imperial College Union website: Out of the two affected sections (Plant & Microbial Sciences and Cell Biology & Functional...
Catch ’em while they’re young(ish)
If you feel it is important to stress the significance of modern plant science, or the fascination of botany, on young minds, we would appreciate it if you would leave your suggestions for suitably engaging books in our...
Dramatic improvement to a top-tool
A blog and manuscript in “Serials Review” discuss the versatility and coverage of Google Scholar. It’s now my first search point – fast access to the original manuscripts (Pubmed, in particular...
