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Tag: GM

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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Phytic Acid
Plant Cuttings

Plants, given a helping hand

by Nigel ChaffeyJanuary 5, 2016January 5, 2016
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Image: International Rice Research Institute/Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

GM crops, quantity or quality…?

GM crops can help, not only with the quantity of food produced worldwide, but also the quality. Golden Rice has enhanced levels of β-carotene.

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 23, 2015June 18, 2015
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Gene flow under contrasting levels of human disturbance
Annals of Botany

Measuring the flow of transgenes from GM crops into wild plants

How fast do transgenes move from crops into wild relatives via gene flow?

by AJ CannMarch 21, 2014March 22, 2014
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Links

Could GM technology help avert a conservation crisis in coffee?

by Alun SaltJune 27, 2013June 27, 2013
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A giant tobacco plant, and normal-sized scientists for scale
News

Scientists find elixir of youth – giant plants ensue

by Alun SaltJanuary 11, 2013
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Image: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1942/ Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Plant Cuttings

Potential new fertiliser

by Nigel ChaffeyDecember 6, 2012December 3, 2012
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Image: Jan Moninckx, Moninckx Atlas, 1686–1709.
Plant Cuttings

A blooming marvellous innovation

by Nigel ChaffeyNovember 15, 2012November 20, 2012
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Image: Luigi Chiesa/Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Making plants work harder [or, Vorsprung durch Botanik]

by Nigel ChaffeyMarch 5, 2012February 21, 2012
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Manioc marriage mystery unearthed

by Nigel ChaffeyFebruary 27, 2012March 2, 2012
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Plant Cuttings

Hot Bot…

by Nigel ChaffeyAugust 11, 2011September 5, 2011
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Image: Wikimedia Commons.
Plant Cuttings

Plants on the prowl

by Nigel ChaffeyJune 7, 2011June 7, 2011
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Life

Gene manipulation in plants – open educational resource

by AJ CannApril 12, 2011April 26, 2011
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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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