The Global Plant Council
Did you know the UK Plant Sciences Federation is a member of the Global Plant Council (GPC)? What is the Global Plant Council? The Global Plant Council (GPC) is a non-profit coalition of plant, crop,...
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Actions for plant science in the UK – UKPSF Working Group reports
A personal overview – Dr Sandy Knapp FRSB Plant science has a broad reach – from molecules to ecosystems, and from blue skies to near-market research and practical applications. The UKPSF was formed to...
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PlantSci2016 conference: Plants in a changing world, from molecular to ecosystem
By Geraint Parry, GARNet Coordinator Geraint Parry Five years after the inaugural meeting of the UK Plant Science Federation took place at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in 2011, the UK PlantSci 2016...
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State of the World’s Plants
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...
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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...
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Plant IP – how the sands are shifting
27 June 2016 By Penny Maplestone FRSB, Chief Executive of the British Society of Plant Breeders Say the words broccoli and tomato to a group of European plant breeders and the chances are you will...
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How does a flower come to be?
By Ian Street, Research Associate at Dartmouth College A flowering world There are around 369,000 known flowering plant species on Earth today, by far the most numerous group of plants living on Earth...
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On the Horizon: Xylella fastidiosa — Microbe Post
By Benjamin Thompson, Head of Communications at the Microbiology Society It’s not just humans and animals that are affected by emerging diseases. In this latest addition to the On the Horizon series,...
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Plant Science at Christmas
Guest author Ian Street looks at the two occasions when the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures focused on plant science. Inspiring future generations through science has been a key component of the...
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Helping urban agriculture take root
This post was originally published on the Royal Society of Biology’s blog on 9 January 2017. Sam Lane AMRSB looks at some of the technologies and policies that will help cities grow their own food....
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