Professor Roger Cousens

Foundation Chair of Crop Science, School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne

Environment

Planting the seeds of sovereignty

Plants that interbreed usually create a hybrid, but new research reveals that sometimes a more dominant plant takes over

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Sciences & Technology

Go Figure

A weed by any other name

One habitat’s sweet meadow flower is another’s worst nightmare. So what makes a plant a weed and how do they get about?

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Environment

Podcast

Weeds girdle the globe: The marauding march of invasive plant species

Weeds have changed landscapes around the world, but should we be doing anything to stop them?

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