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探花直播plant scientist with a practical vision for Africa (and who wasn鈥檛 content to sit and drink tea).

17 Oct 2019

Carol Nkechi Ibe discovered the hard way what it鈥檚 like to be bright and educated, and yet feel like you know almost nothing. 探花直播life science...

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Dry rice field at dusk

Fungus enhances crop roots and could be a future 'bio-fertiliser'

04 May 2015

鈥淎ncient relationship鈥 between fungi and plant roots creates genetic expression that leads to more root growth. Common fungus could one day be used...

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Rice

Supercharged rice: the answer to famine?

26 May 2009

An ambitious project that aims to increase rice yields could provide the solution to future food shortages.

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