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Tag: farming

Plant Cuttings

Final course: ‘Coffee’… *

by Nigel ChaffeyJuly 26, 2019July 27, 2019
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The Amazon
News

Dark soils are the shadow of hidden agriculture

Stains left in the soil from past farmers, and the plants they cultivated, are helping illuminate prehistoric inhabitants of the Amazon.

by Alun SaltAugust 10, 2018August 10, 2018
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Millet and DNA.
News in Brief

Origins of domesticated pearl millet identified in the western Sahara

A long disagreement over the origins of millet farming in Africa may have been solved by combining genetics with archaeological evidence.

by Dale MayleaAugust 9, 2018
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black-grass and wheat
Articles

Black-grass: the farmer’s nemesis

Visit an arable farm in England, particularly in its central and Southern parts, and ask the farmer what their number one problem is on their farm. They will most likely tell you it is black-grass.

by Laura CrookApril 25, 2017August 23, 2018
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Amaranthus palmerii,
Life

Plant Records: More Weed Than You Ever Need

by Alexandra Boliver-BrownDecember 10, 2016December 20, 2016
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertile_Crescent#/media/File:Map_of_fertile_crescent.svg
Articles

Farming in the DNA

by Alun SaltNovember 28, 2015November 27, 2015
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Life

What Nature Does for Britain by Tony Juniper

If you want to make the case for Botany’s importance anywhere in the world, then this is the book for you.

by Alun SaltOctober 23, 2015October 23, 2015
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

If ’10 000 BC’ is the answer, the question is…?

This article focuses on the possible advent of human agriculture occurring 23,000 years BP.

by Nigel ChaffeySeptember 10, 2015August 10, 2015
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The Hulk
News

The Hulk is Green, but is he Organic?

by Alun SaltAugust 27, 2015August 24, 2015
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Image: Ricardo André Frantz/Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

CSI Evidential Botanicals, Episode 2: CSI Amphorae

by Nigel ChaffeyFebruary 2, 2012January 29, 2012
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Image: Scott Camazine/Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

The ultimate packed lunch?

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 24, 2011May 24, 2011
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Feedback

  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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