The Phytophactor

As a member of a biological sciences faculty, I regularly get to interact with colleagues with very different expertises. What a joy! Among ...

As part of a totally bizarre rant about masonic conspiracy and the control of higher education by the occult elite, David Flynn demonstrate...

On Monday last the AP reported on new draft rules being proposed by the Bush administration to gut the Endangered Species Act. This would be...

It's that time of year when lots of strangers, all very conspicuous, are appearing around the campus here in Lincolnland. They mostly re...

I'm not an overly impatient person. I'm not pushy, impolite, or discourteous when waiting in lines. I don't cut in, jump ahead, ...

Language is a funny thing, especially English as it is a linguistic conglomerate which makes for lots of potential fun. And for botanists an...

I firmly believe in sabbatical leaves, and it is my great good fortune to have been allowed to take four of them. The academic world of sci...

Our woody plant horticulturalist stopped by yesterday with a piece of leafy twig. "What do you think this is?" he asked. Hmm, af...

The question was how best to stimulate the economy with those tax rebates provided by the USA? Well, our idea was to organize a 2nd botanica...

People call universities to find things out that aren't easily looked up, and for many years all the weird plant related questions have ...