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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.

by Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonFebruary 5, 2018February 5, 2018
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Field of sunflowers
Plant Cuttings

A new angle on enhancing crop yield

For sunflowers a friend is not someone you can lean on – as Nigel Chaffey finds out.

by Nigel ChaffeyOctober 31, 2017October 31, 2017
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Selling corn on the cob in a street market
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Plant Records: An ever increasing pot of gold

by Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonDecember 8, 2016December 8, 2016
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Vigna radiata
Plant Cuttings

Nano? NaYES!

Nanoparticles of zinc oxide (ZnO) may aid the use of organic Phosphorus in plants.

by Nigel ChaffeyOctober 4, 2016October 13, 2017
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Spotlight on macronutrients: Phosphorus… and Potassium

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 23, 2014January 24, 2014
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Image: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1942/ Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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Potential new fertiliser

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 6, 2012December 3, 2012
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  1. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 18, 2023

    Good afternoon, Patrick, Aha, one now begins to wonder if the spelling Catherine in the cited source should really have…

  2. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    The bisindole alkaloid catharine is said to have been published and the molecular structure can be found scattered about, though…

  3. Nigel Chaffey on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 17, 2023

    Hello Patrick, Thank you for taking th etim eto comment on this item. The source for 'catherine' that's stated in…

  4. Patrick Collins on The geek’s guide to weird and wonderful plantsJanuary 15, 2023

    Catherine? I know there are many variants of the basic skeleton with related names but surely the most well-known is…

  5. Nigel Chaffey on Plants named for the great, the good, and the bad..?January 5, 2023

    ICYMI, Dr Sandra Knapp has been awarded an OBE in the UK's New Year's Honours list, for the important contributions…

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