Author Keith Seifert is a charming guide as he introduces us to a fungal world many of us are largely unaware of.
Tag - biotechnology
Nigel Chaffey
A real CRISPR look at heritable mutations
Genome editing technologies have become valuable tools in many aspects of scientific research, facilitating, for example, the identification of genes involved in development, or the determination of protein functions...
Jess Upson
Building a vision for the future: creating a roadmap for UK plant sciences
Plant science has a central role to play in so many of the global challenges facing the world today, including our future food security, the conservation of biodiversity, sustaining ecosystem services, improving global...
botanyone
The Potato of the Future?
A company is seeking approval for a new GM potato. What might surprise you is why we do need a new potato.
Alun Salt
Free paper — An epifluorescent attachment improves whole-plant digital photography of Arabidopsis thaliana expressing red-shifted green fluorescent protein
This paper reports that filter cubes made with machine-vision dichroic filters and illuminated with a royal blue light emitting diode can be used to produce an epifluorescent digital camera attachment that improves...
Lulu Stader
Free—open access paper: Co-ordinated changes in storage proteins during development and germination of elite seeds of Pongamia pinnata, a versatile biodiesel legume
Seeds of Pongamia pinnata used as feedstock for biodiesel production and the protein-rich residue is fed to farm animals. This paper describes seed development and early germination in terms of phenology, protein and...
AJ Cann