The non-specific phospholipases C (NPC) are recently discovered new subclass of plant phospholipases. Most of them have not yet been characterised thoroughly. Krčková et al. prepare and purify Arabidopsis thaliana NPC2...
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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?
Alun Salt
The Return of the Rainbow Rose
One of our most popular posts is Roses are red – but they don’t need to be, if you know how to use food dyes and Fibonacci. In it, Anne Osterrieder explains how to make your own rainbow rose. Not everyone is convinced...
The Hungry Gap: Food for temperate February and March
Have we banished the hungry gap? Pat Heslop-Harrison has been talking to BBC Radio Leicester.
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison
Poképlants
It’s Friday afternoon, so I’m relaxing with a video, in this case the latest from Brilliant Botany, a follow up to the earlier video, The Plants of Pokémon Go.
Ecology and genetics of transitions from outcrossing to selfing in Primula
Investigations of Primula oreodoxa have revealed several features that differ from classic textbook descriptions of heterostyly based on P. vulgaris.
Choosing learning over knowing
Is academia about having the right answers to problems? Emily Larson argues that it's the process of getting there that's important.
Guest Author
Hallowe’en and the Monster Plant
This week, the biggest flower on the planet, also known as the “Queen of all Parasitic Plants”, has come to Oxford - but not in the way you would might expect.
Anna Jacob
Science, technology and innovation for Africa with the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue stakeholder panel
What does it mean to work towards Sustainable Development? Pat Heslop-Harrison, editor of Annals of Botany, has been discussing the issue in Brussels with European stakeholders.
Remember the dry times: functional legacies of drought in trees
William Hammond, on an increasing threat to trees in the USA and elsewhere - drought and the embolisms it causes.
William Hammond
Annals of Botany Company member steps-down after 37 years
David Cutler, a former Chief Editor of the Annals of Botany, is retiring from the Company.
Botanical Interest in ‘No Such Thing as a Fish’
One of my favorite podcasts is ‘No Such Thing as a Fish‘ (NSTaaF) from the QI elves (writers). Each week, the four co-hosts bring a fact they present to the others and discuss. In Episode 167, “No Such...
Ian Street
Launching ‘Botany Live’: a global online event to celebrate ‘Fascination of Plants Day 2017’
What do you think of when you think of plants?
Anne Osterrieder