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The Nagoya Protocol: The fair and equitable use of genetic resources
3 August 2016 By Katie Beckett, ABS Project Manager at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The world’s flora has been studied for millennia. The first plant records known to exist are from the Neolithic Revolution, about 1000 … Continue reading
Building a vision for the future: creating a roadmap for UK plant sciences
9 June 2016 By Micha Hanzel, science policy intern, and Alessandro Allegra, senior science policy officer at the Royal Society of Biology Plant science has a central role to play in so many of the global challenges facing the world … Continue reading
State of the World’s Plants
31 May 2016 By Richard Deverell – Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew recently published the first annual report on the State of the World’s Plants, alongside an international science and policy symposium on the topic. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, ecology, Education, environment, genetics, horticulture, plant breeding, plant science, sustainability, UK Plant Sciences Federation
Tagged biodiversity, crop improvement, ecology, education, environment, global change, plant breeding, plant pathology, plant science, sustainable development
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A preview of UK PlantSci 2015
Year after year, delegates at the UK PlantSci conference remark on the sheer breadth and diversity of topics covered. It looks as though 2015 will be no exception, with seven jam-packed sessions taking place over two days in April at Harper … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, biodiversity, biosecurity, biotechnology, citizen science, climate change, crop improvement, ecology, Education, environment, evolution, forestry, genetics, health, horticulture, plant breeding, plant pathology, sustainability, UK Plant Sciences Federation, UK PlantSci
Tagged agriculture, ash dieback, biodiversity, biosecurity, biotechnology, carbon dioxide, Chalara, climate change, crop improvement, ecology, education, energy, environment, forestry, funding, genetically modified, global change, plant breeding, plant pathology, plants, Rothamsted, sustainable development
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Shedding light on photosynthesis research
By Angela White Photosynthesis is a major target area for crop improvement. In July 2014, I caught up with three plant scientists researching photosynthesis to discover their latest findings, which were presented at the Society for Experimental Biology’s annual main … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, climate change, crop improvement, environment, evolution, genetics, plant breeding, sustainability, UK Plant Sciences Federation
Tagged agriculture, carbon dioxide, climate change, CO2, crop improvement, energy, environment, evolution, genetically modified, global change, GM crops, photosynthesis, plant breeding, Rothamsted
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Plant scientists assemble to address future challenges at UK PlantSci 2014
By Anna Tiley One of the defining aspects of doing a BBSRC funded doctoral training partnership (DTP) PhD is the opportunity to do a 3 month placement to gain experience outside of the lab. I have recently started my placement … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, biodiversity, biosecurity, climate change, crop improvement, Education, environment, genetics, Internships, plant breeding, plant pathology, sustainability, UK Plant Sciences Federation, UK PlantSci
Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, biosecurity, biotechnology, climate change, crop improvement, early career scientists, education, environment, funding, genetically modified, global change, GM crops, Internships, plant breeding, plant pathology, plants, sustainable development, UK PlantSci 2014
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Obscuring the limits: are Global Change studies aware of their limitations?
By Alan Jones As an idealistic PhD student, I was once told that ecologists are constrained by the limits of our techniques. Within the vagaries of nature, every experiment we undertake is essentially flawed and the best we can do … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, ecology, environment, UK Plant Sciences Federation
Tagged climate change, ecology, environment, global change, plants, Rothamsted
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