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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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Choosing your growth media for plant science

Considering its weedy nature, Arabidopsis thaliana is a fussy little plant. This can be a pain – even tiny environmental fluctuations can have significant impacts on the physiology and development that many of us are investigating. As silly as it…

Isabel06/05/2016

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Brexit and agriculture

Professor Wyn Grant In June 2016, the UK Government will hold a public referendum for the people to decide whether or not Britain should exit the European Union. This contentious issue, popularly known as “Brexit”, has even divided the governing…

Isabel28/04/2016

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Witty gene names

It is a well known fact that biologists are a clever bunch. Most of the time they're out applying their intellect and tackling the world's problems, but occasionally (probably at happy hour on a Friday evening) they sit around coming…

Isabel22/04/2016

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Round-up of Fascination of Plants Day 2016

Underutilized crops and insects replace fishmeal in aquaculture feed

Choosing your growth media for plant science

Brexit and agriculture

Witty gene names

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