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  • Bord Bia’s Bloom festival was held in Phoenix Park, Dublin over the June bank holiday. This year's event hosted 20 spectacular show gardens all vying to be awarded a prestigious medal following a rigorous 2-day judging process. Visitors saw garden designs that ranged from artfully functional to whimsically imaginative and that communicate strong topical themes.

    29 June, 2018

    Bloom — a powerful marketing vehicle supported by powerful data

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  • Brendan Hallahan: Sugar beet Cobh field trial April 2016

    27 June, 2018

    The BBBC, or, how to breed bigger, better crops

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  • The strawberry ripening process

    20 June, 2018

    Could Irish seaweed help us reduce the use of pesticides – and keep fruits fresh longer?

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  • Thermal images of three epiphytic bromeliads. Thermal imagery can be used to measure water loss in plants across the entire leaf surface.

    13 June, 2018

    The ‘CloudForest’ Project – Plants in the future

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  • 23 May, 2018

    Uncommon senses

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  • 10 May, 2018

    Irish Research Council congratulates alumnus Mark O’Connell on winning the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize

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