Department of Botany news
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11 Jun 2024
Botany students win state-of-the-art DNA machine
Two postgraduate students have won the Department of Botany “a very fancy incuba...
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28 Jul 2023
Be a ‘good farmer’ or follow new regulations: The struggle for Otago farmers
A new national freshwater policy is causing tension for Otago farmers, as many o...
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13 Jun 2023
Scholarships support vital conservation-based research
Aotearoa New Zealand’s wildlife and natural environment will benefit from three...
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12 May 2022
Trees and tamariki benefit from Botany graduate
Taylor Davies-Colley has become a familiar face for many tamariki through his ro...
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12 Apr 2022
Celebrating distinguished botanist Ann Wylie’s centenary
Celebrating distinguished botanist Ann Wylie’s centenary
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10 Sep 2021
Sea ice history sheds light on future climate change impact on Antarctic plankton
A 170m-long record of marine sediment core from Antarctica is yielding new insig...