Notes from a Cape Town Botanist is reporting what plant science is like at the southern end of Africa. The writing is excellent: Instructions were clear and to the point. “The first rule is not to leave the door...
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What can you plant to help bees in the UK?
Anything you like, but some bees prefer native plants. We’re Buzzfeeding again.
Are phytomining plants the future?
io9 discusses whether hyperaccumulator plants could clean up toxic sites by concentrating metals in their leaves.
How natural is your wheat?
Ashley Grace and the National Garden of Wales both regularly point to John Warren’s Cop Blog, and with good reason. It’s excellent. Recently he’s looked at how natural wheat is, and whether this has...
Want to get ahead in your career? You need peer-support.
In the current job climate it can be easy to feel adrift. Sarah Blackford has suggestions on how you can use social networks to get you the support you deserve.
All the botany you may have missed over the past couple of weeks
I’ve been stuck in bed with manflu, so there’s plenty that I’ve missed, but luckily there’s a round-up in the latest edition of the Berry-Go-Round at In the Company of Plants and Rocks...
Yes, we will have no bananas!
io9 explains why a pandemic may be set to wipe out many popular bananas.
Chromosomes, Crops and Superdomestication
Chromosomes, Crops and Superdomestication – Pat Heslop-Harrison Malaysia from Pat Heslop-Harrison Agro-Biotechnology Institute, ABI Serdang Prof J. S. “Pat” Heslop-Harrison, University of Leicester...
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Should we replace the ‘selfish-gene’ with the genome that talks to itself?
The ‘Selfish Gene’ is a simple and elegant model. However, research shows that evolution is not simply about genes, but gene expression.
NASA plans to send the first lunar colonists in 2015. Arabidopsis, obviously.
Plant science will lead the way in preparations for a lunar base in the 2020s. Along with 100 Arabidopsis seeds, there are also 10 turnip seeds and 10 basil seeds.
Surprisingly, even potatoes need conservation
It’s odd that a plant so widely cultivated would need conservation efforts, but there’s a lot more to the potato than you might think.
More career advice for budding plant scientists
Anne Osterrieder talks to another plant scientist about her career path.
SEB still has space on their last two courses of the year
Do you want to get the word out about your botany? If you can get to London, the Society for Experimental Biology still has open places on its last two courses of the year. You can start communicating your way to a...
