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A Postcard From… The Australian Society of Plant Scientists

A new feature on the Global Plant Council blog will be ‘A Postcard From…’ In these posts representatives from our member organizations will tell us about their society’s visions, aims and activities. This pioneering ‘Postcard From’ was sent in by Gonzalo…

Isabel02/06/2015

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Fascination of Plants Day 2015

Plants really are fascinating, and their continued research and conservation are vital for our survival. To this end, the third international Fascination of Plants Day (FoPD) was held on 18th May 2015, led by Global Plant Council member organization EPSO (European…

Isabel27/05/2015

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Dr Anne Osterrieder: Expert advice for plant science communication

Dr Anne Osterrieder Dr. Anne Osterrieder is a Research and Science Communication Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, UK. We asked her expert opinion on the best approaches to raise public awareness of the importance of plants, and what the future…

Isabel19/05/2015

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The Nature of Crop Domestication

Why do we eat some plants but not others? What makes a good crop, and how have we transformed these species to suit our own needs? Around 12,000 years ago, humans began to transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer societies to a…

Isabel05/05/2015

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The Next Generation

Meet Amelia and Sarah, the two newest additions to the Global Plant Council team. As a coalition of plant and crop societies from the around the globe, the Global Plant Council (GPC) aims to bring together scientists, policy makers and…

Isabel28/04/2015

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Can you crowdfund the sequencing of a plant genome?

Dr Peng Jiang, University of Georgia, USA Peng Jiang and Hui Guo at the University of Georgia think you can! They are currently raising money via a crowdfunding approach to sequence the first cactus genome – but the question is: why…

Isabel23/03/2015

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Access to crop seeds through an SMTA: what is that?

Carolina Roa, Independent Consultant at CropIP “We need a material transfer agreement” © CIAT, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA. As a plant breeder in the area of food and agriculture you look for well-characterized – or at least well-referenced –…

Isabel27/02/2015

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