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Protecting plants, protecting people

Professor Sophien Kamoun (The Sainsbury Lab, UK) This week on the blog, Professor Sophien Kamoun describes his work on plant–pathogen interactions at The Sainsbury Lab, UK, and discusses the future of plant disease. Could you begin by describing the focus of…

Isabel10/06/2016

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Photosynthesis rap!

This week we bring you something a little different! Four eighth grade students from The Nueva School in Hillsborough, California are releasing “They Grow”, a scienceified version of the popular Drake song “Headlines” (warning: Headlines contains explicit language!). In the video the students rap about…

Isabel04/06/2016

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The flower breeders who sold X-ray lilies and atomic marigolds

The Chelsea Flower Show is a world-renowned garden show held every year in May by the UK's Royal Horticultural Society. There are exhibits of garden design, educational outreach, and exciting new varieties of ornamental plants, fruits and vegetables, with prestigious awards…

Isabel29/05/2016

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Round-up of Fascination of Plants Day 2016

On May 18th, botany geeks around the world shared their love of plants in this year's Fascination of Plants Day! Here's our round-up of some of the best #fopd tweets! First things first, test your skills with this challenging plant science…

Isabel22/05/2016

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Underutilized crops and insects replace fishmeal in aquaculture feed

Farmed fish are often fed with fishmeal, produced from the dried tissues of caught marine fish. In 2012, a total of 16.3 million metric tons of fish were caught to produce fishmeal and fish oil, 73% of which was used…

Isabel13/05/2016

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