Genetically modified (GM) plants: questions and answers
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What are genetically modified (GM) plants? Is genetic modification safe? Where are GM crops grown and eaten?
Food security is one of this century's key global challenges, as noted in our earlier report Reaping the Benefits, and due to the scale of the challenge, we should really think carefully before…
Plant Biology as a Career - customizable PowerPoint
Activities, EducationInspire students to consider a career in plant biology with this upbeat, well-organized, easy-to-personalize slide set. Suitable for middle grade Career Day visits and career fairs for the public or undergraduates.
Source: American Society of Plant Biologists Crispin Taylor, Executive Director
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Can You Grow a Chewy-Ooey-Gooey-Chocolatey-Nutty Candy Bar?
Activities, EducationCandy in classrooms seems inevitable at certain times of the year. This simple handout offers a little food for thought so students can learn a few yummy morsels about the plants they are enjoying in every delicious bite.
Note: The visuals are kid-friendly but some key vocabulary is not; primary students…
Fascination of Plants Day 2015 - SUCCESS STORIES
Activities, EducationOfficial SUCCESS STORIES Report for FoPD 2015
Thanks to the voluntary contributions and hard work of many people in the plant science community around the world the Fascination of Plants Day 2015 was a huge success. This publication celebrates how so much diversity - in terms of individual demographics,…
Build a Super Plant! Outreach activity
Activities, EducationThis activity is meant to illustrate the concept of the “random” nature of allele inheritance and the resulting phenotypes. In this activity, colored balls that are selected randomly from a bingo cage represent the alleles. These colors correspond with phenotypes for specific traits. This activity…
Plants release chemical weapons and deploy insect armies in their defence
Education, GP ArticlesFrom The Conversation, by Angela White.
Accessible article about how plants defend themselves from herbivore.
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Report: Millions at risk as severe drought hits Ethiopia (September 2015)
Education, GP ArticlesThe California drought gets headlines, but few in California will go hungry. There's a different situation in Ethiopia, also dealing with a severe drought.
Source: Aljazeera, September 5, 2015
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California citrus farmers pull up trees, dig reservoirs to survive drought (Sept 2015)
Education, GP Articles"California leads the nation in production of fruits and vegetables, its nearly 80,000 farms and ranches taking in total revenues of $46.4 billion in 2013, state data show.
But the relatively dry parts of the state where much of its farming is rely on irrigation rather than rainwater, and environmental…
As drought destroys maize, Zimbabwe tries out new staples
Education, GP ArticlesJAMBEZI, Zimbabwe, Sept 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For more than 20 years, Dalarex Ncube grew maize in arid Jambezi District, one of Zimbabwe's driest regions, and his family ate maize porridge, the national staple.
But seven years ago, he began switching to growing sorghum and millet - both…