School lessons devoted to plants may be off-putting to those students who are already plant-averse. So, why not smuggle bits of plant information into lessons on topics as diverse as Geography, History, Art &...
Tag - nanotechnology
Nigel Chaffey
A tiny silver bullet for cut flowers?
The cut flower industry – wherein stems of intact growing flowering plants are removed, and transported from their place of growth to a place of purchase by a customer and ultimately displayed in a vase (“a container...
Nano? NaYES!
Nanoparticles of zinc oxide (ZnO) may aid the use of organic Phosphorus in plants.
The interconnectedness of plant studies
Have you ever wondered how the monthly Plant Cuttings’ collection comes to be? Do you think Mr P Cuttings knows in advance what he’s going to write about each month? He has a notional idea of the items he wants to...
Grounds for climate change optimism?
When global warming and greenhouse gases are mentioned (and they are, seemingly endlessly, but does anybody listen? Does anybody do anything about it..?) [Ed. – Steady on, Mr C, the good people in Paris for COP 21 *...
Revving up photosynthesis with nanotechnology – take that, greenhouse effect!
What happens when you insert single-walled carbon nanotubes into the leaves of Arabidopsis?
AJ Cann
Nanoparticles may compromise crops
Advances (ever an optimistic notion!) in technology take many forms and may have unanticipated consequences. Take, for example, the emerging discipline of nanotechnology, which works with structures that are...
Plant names, alchemy and Alchemilla
Plant names often have an interesting history behind them: I came across Alchemilla while looking up a plant I photographed at the weekend. Thinking about the names often helps with remembering them, and also gives...
Editor Pat Heslop-Harrison