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Raindrops keep falling on my…

Posted on August 23rd, 2012 by DaveF

For anyone intrigued by this brief article recently in Science, the full paper can be found free online at our website.

Stormy times ahead

Posted on August 23rd, 2012 by Nigel Chaffey

Sir John Beddington (Chief Scientific adviser to the UK Government) opened the UK Plant Science Federation (UKPSF) conference (18th and 19th April, 2012, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK) with his ‘perfect storm lecture’ (a similar talk is available here). In that opening address he identified energy demands, food production issues, and dwindling freshwater supplies as [...]

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