Unraveling the mechanisms of producing high quality cotton
A new study uses computational modelling to determine how and why cotton quality develops.
Category: Life
Some ways to dodge the feelings of low productivity in lockdown – for a while
A few people are finding home working difficult during lockdown. Here are some ways I’ve found to make working from home a bit more bearable.
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Why do cabbage leaves smell? They’re storing sulphur.
Sulphur (S) is an essential macronutrient for seeds, so why do brassicas store it in leaves?
Candidate gene identification in perennial ryegrass
Waring out the carbon: is net primary productivity proportional to gross primary productivity?
All good things come to an end…
Do the small things to make a big difference
What’s Not a Nut?
‘May contain nuts’, but what is a nut? A quiz to annoy your friends with.
To drink, or not to drink – do trees coordinate their water supply with environmental conditions?
Wassailing to wake the trees
January 17 marks twelfth night in the Julian Calendar. It also marks the traditional night of wassailing, a ritual to drive evil spirits from the orchard.
Why are/aren’t we following you on Twitter?
Who do we follow on Twitter? Here’s why we follow people and why we don’t.
Non-Specific Phospholipase C2 (NPC2) in plant immune responses in Arabidopsis
Can plants escape from an arms race?
It’s easy to see how herbivory could lead to defences in plants, but what happens when the attackers start using those expensive defences for their own benefit?