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Cells, Genes & Molecules Plants & People

State of the World’s Plants and Fungi: finding useful plants and fungi

There is great potential for further utilizing the global genetic diversity to advance the common good.

by Juniper KissOctober 9, 2020October 9, 2020
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Three elephants
Plant Cuttings

Mammoth news: Bees help plants

by Nigel ChaffeyApril 17, 2018April 17, 2018
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Simplified phylogeny of the green plant lineage focusing on the occurrence of WGD (whole-genome duplication) events
Annals of Botany

Polyploidy and interspecific hybridization shape adaptation, speciation and evolution

by botanyoneJuly 19, 2017July 19, 2017
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Selling corn on the cob in a street market
Life

Plant Records: An ever increasing pot of gold

by Editor Pat Heslop-HarrisonDecember 8, 2016December 8, 2016
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Death and Taxes
Plant Cuttings

Life’s little certainties…

Nigel Chaffey discovers Nature has its own taxes.

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 26, 2016October 9, 2017
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Carpenter bee with pollen collected from Night-blooming cereus, paniniokapunahoa, papipi pua (Cactaceae)
Plant Cuttings

Plant-insect relationships, a double-edged sword

Flowering plants have had an intim­ate rela­tion­ship with insects for mil­lions of years. Indeed, this is often cited as an example of co-evolution , par­tic­u­larly with regards to the flowers and their pol­lin­a­tion by the insects. However, this has also given parasites millions of years to adapt too.

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 17, 2015November 17, 2015
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Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives
Annals of Botany

Diversity and relationships of Crocus sativus and its relatives

High levels of polymorphism exist within and between sexually reproducing Crocus species except 17 C. sativus accessions, where polymorphisms are absent.

by botanyoneSeptember 18, 2015September 15, 2016
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

2015 International Year of…

2015 is the international year of soils and light.

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 24, 2015March 25, 2015
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AoB PLANTS

Learning from Nature: the use of non-model species to identify novel acclimations to flooding stress

by AoBPLANTSMay 8, 2014May 6, 2014
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AoB PLANTS

Apple Epigenetics

Apple epigenetics might explain CO2 injury, which can cause major losses of fruit during storage.

by AJ CannMay 14, 2013May 13, 2013
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AoB PLANTS

What bacteria are in your banana?

Bacteria in innumerable numbers share a deep and integral association with bananas, but show apparently mutualistic benefits with no obvious adverse effect.

by AJ CannMay 12, 2013
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AoB PLANTS

Understanding Cassava to Feed Africa

Cassava is often seen as a poor cousin in the world’s staple crops but is vitally important in sub-Saharan Africa.

by AJ CannApril 11, 2013April 15, 2013
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Image: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen. Gera-Untermhaus, 1897.
Plant Cuttings

Yes, but WHY?

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 19, 2013February 27, 2013
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Current research in sweet potato…

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 29, 2013January 29, 2013
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