Professor Tim Entwisle (Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne) explores if the heyday of Botanical Gardens has passed. The Kew Royal Botanic Gardens and the way they look and work today was shaped by Victorian England. The late nineteenth century, also the time when Melbourne’s Botanic...

With world population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050 we are faced with the challenge of feeding this growing population while dealing with the problems of climate change and diminishing arable land. Lifting a billion people out of poverty and feeding an extra 2 billion people by 2050 will...

Professor Roger Parish (Botany, La Trobe University) on new developments in plant cell research, and improving agricultural production. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.