Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed
Credit: Hidekazu Sumi Citrus fruits from the mandarin family have important commercial value but how their diversity arose has been ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Extreme heat, dry summers main cause of tree death in Colorado’s subalpine forests
Credit: Robert Andrus Even in the absence of bark beetle outbreaks and wildfire, trees in Colorado subalpine forests are dying ...
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots
Credit: Temur Yunusov and Alfonso Timoneda Almost all crop plants form associations with a particular type of fungi - called ...
The National Academy of Sciences admits IPK scientist Nicolaus von Wirén as member
Credit: IPK/ Andreas Bähring "When I received the news about my election by the members of the Leopoldina, I was ...
Southeastern US herbaria digitize three million specimens, now freely available online
Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Herbarium A network of over 100 herbaria spread out across ...
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem's role in removing atmospheric CO2Credit: Shane Coffield / UCI Irvine, Calif., July 22, ...
New insight on the reproductive evolution of land plants
International consortium offers novel insight into the reproductive evolution of land plants, in new study published in Nature PlantsCredit: Mette ...
Drought changes rice root microbiome
Credit: Sundaresan lab, UC Davis Drought can have a lasting impact on the community of microbes that live in and ...
Study innovates in gluten-free formulations, creating more palatable and nutritious bread
Study at the Federal University of São Paulo developed a recipe combining chickpea flour and psyllium, a plant-derived soluble fiber. ...
New PlantwisePlus program launched to help farmers produce more and higher quality food
PlantwisePlus will build on CABI's Plantwise and Action on Invasives programmes, which have already helped millions of farmers in over ...
Reaping the benefits: Training in rice growing system ups yields and well-being
Study shows randomized Bangladesh-based trial of training in agronomy method has advantages for rice output and profits, as well as ...
Research shows microbes play critical role boosting vigor of hybrid corn
Credit: Shannon Sermons. LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences gives new detail ...
Farm consolidation has negative effect on wild pollinators
Traditional smallholder farming landscapes in China are being consolidated, leading to reduced wild pollinator diversityCredit: Dr Yi Zou A new ...
Untrained beer drinkers can taste different barley genotypes
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - When it comes to craft beer, the flavor doesn't have to be all in the ...
DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never ...
Remote sensing techniques help treat and manage hollow forests
Oak tree decline detected by advanced remote sensing techniquesCredit: Swansea University. Using advanced remote sensing techniques can help the early ...
uOttawa study first to investigate newly introduced butterfly which could become widespread in Canada
Credit: Stephanie A. Rivest This summer, if you see a butterfly with wings that are blue on top with orange ...
Scientists uncover drivers of phenotypic innovation and diversification in gymnosperms
Credit: KIB Determining the major drivers of species diversification and phenotypic innovation across the Tree of Life is one of ...
Kelp for corn? Illinois scientists demystify natural products for crops
Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Corn growers can choose from a wide array of products to make the ...
A new sensitive tool for the efficient quantification of plant disease susceptibility
Credit: APS While several biology techniques have undergone significant technical advances that have allowed their high-throughput implementation, assessing the resistance ...