Day of the Dandelion by Peter Pringle

Just finished this - the use of the humble dandelion's ability to asexually
reproduce is grafted on a food crop and could change agriculture the world
over. But will the selfless scientist and his colleagues patent it first or
will the minions of the evil agri-business manage to steal and murder their
way to the patent.

A bit of romp across Britain and Switzerland, lot of interesting plant info
(be prepared to spend a lot of time with google) and a great anti-hero in
Arthur Hemmings. I am hoping there will be more.

A great way to spend a snowy winter evening...