How can plant scientists change the world?

By identifying the top 100 questions facing plant science and addressing them.

Inspired by a study which identified 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK, experts at the University of Bristol launched a website to identify the most important and urgent questions in global plant science. Plant science is helping to address many of the big issues facing society today, such as food security, biofuels and the effects of climate change, but what are the key questions that the next generation of plant scientists should be addressing?

The questions submitted so far range from broad to specific, from purely scientific to applied.

How can we combine traditional plant breeding techniques, biotechnology and GMOs to prepare the worlds' crop plants for oncoming climate change? How can we use our knowledge of carbon fixation to address the rising levels of carbon dioxide? How can we move nitrogen fixing systems into non-legume crops? And one that will go down well with my gardening colleagues...Can we improve the resistance of brassica crops to slugs by learning from their wild relatives

You can have your say by submitting your questions via the 100 Plant Science Questions website until the end of March.

In April the panel will select the top 10 and top 100 questions they believe will inform scientific, political and scientific agendas in the coming years.