General Perspective During the 20th Century national, regional and international gene banks established major collections for most crops to ensure the conservation of plant genetic resources. However, the use of this...
Tag - education
Rodomiro Ortiz
Botany Photo of the Day
Botany Photo of the Day is a fabulous teaching resource from the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. The images and text are licensed for non-commercial use with attribution under a Creative Commons...
AJ Cann
Botanical Word of the Day
Tony Foster who writes the Phytography blog has a nice idea going – botanical word of the day, building into an online glossary of botanical terms. If we weren’t such honest people here at AoB we’d be...
annbot
PlantingScience.org
PlantingScience is a learning and research resource, bringing together students, plant scientists, and teachers from across the nation. Students engage in hands-on plant investigations, working with peers and scientist...
Botany: A Blooming History
Last night at 9pm hell froze over – the BBC broadcast a programme about plant taxonomy on a mainstream TV network. Did you see it? I thought not, it was tucked away on BBC4. It was excellent and well worth...
The End of the Botany Degree in the UK
An article highlighting the continuing decline in the number of students pursuing degrees in plant science.
Gene manipulation in plants – open educational resource
Genetic manipulation of crops is an issue of great current interest and controversy. This unit is part of the Open University OpenLearn project and covers some of the basic science that underpins the debate and examines...
Social media: A guide for researchers
Social media: A free guide for researchers - download a copy and send it to a colleague.
What’s next for AoB Blog? 2011
New year greetings and a look forward to plans for the coming year.
Testing Times for Plant Family Recognition
This paper features an illustrated tutorial for 11 of the largest plant families in Australia (over 50% of Australia’s plant species), augmented with a series of interactive tests.
