Stories
- Article
Unravelling genetic origins from the potato to cinchona
Starting with the humble potato, Nataly Allasi Canales reveals how researchers unearth the genetic origins of modern plant varieties, and explains why their work is so important for biodiversity.
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
- Book extract
What the wind can bring
In this extract from ‘This Book is a Plant’, Amanda Thomson shares a newfound fascination with flowers, and reveals why our relationship with plants can also be complicated.
- Article
Seeds for the future
Indigenous groups have a key role as guardians of biodiversity, and their knowledge could help us all preserve our world. To survive, we all need to collaborate, reject prejudice, and share what we know.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Human Glucocerebrosidase Expression in Transgenic Plants - Grant Application
Date: 1994Reference: SB/4/1/311Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Journals
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Flora : Morphologie, Geobotanik, Oekophysiologie.
Date: 1970-- Archives and manuscripts
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Genetic and Cellular Engineering of Plants and Microorganisms Important for Agriculute Meeting (Commission of the European Communities)
Date: 1987Reference: SB/4/1/166Part of: Sydney Brenner Collection- Journals
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Agri gene
Date: 2016-2020- Journals
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Plant gene
Date: 2015-