Tag: Plant Sciences

Credit: Parys/GMI/UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers at GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ...

Credit: IGDB Precision genome editing enables the precise modification of DNA in living cells, thus enabling a breadth of opportunities ...

Credit: Yangyong Ye A coordinated global effort to reduce the production of greenhouse gas emissions from industry and other sectors ...

Walt Whitman would be pleased, says UCLA plant biologist Lawren SackCredit: Alec Baird/UCLA One-third of the Earth's surface is covered ...

Credit: Ryota Akiyama/Masaharu Mizutani A multi-institutional collaboration has revealed that α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is a ...

Credit: Montgomery Flack URBANA, Ill. - Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion ...

Credit: USDA Forest Service photograph In the heart of black cherry's native range, including a part of the Allegheny Hardwoods ...

New APS book highlights the importance of plant pathology worldwideCredit: APS PRESS Soybean rust--perhaps the most feared and studied of ...

In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants.Credit: Missouri ...

Credit: World Vegetable Center Scientists investigating the genetics of chilli pepper species have discovered a whole host of new chilli ...

Credit: Patrizia De Nisi The more colorful a food, the more nutritious it probably is. For example, purple corn contains ...

Effects of CO2 increase were already apparent in the past centuryCredit: Rothamsted Research "Based on field experiments with increased carbon ...

Newly discovered group of cells in the root tip reacts to potassium deficiency and directs signalling pathways mediating plant adaptationCredit: ...

Credit: Taketo Fujimoto, Hiroshi Abe, Takayuki Mizukubo, and Shigemi Seo Root-knot nematodes (RKNs, Meloidogyne spp.) infect a broad range of ...

Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech One of the surest signs of spring is the vibrantly lime-green tinge trees develop as their ...

Credit: Eric Burkhart/Penn State Developing a standardized drying protocol for goldenseal could lead to more predictable health applications and outcomes ...

A new global evaluation of the conservation of plant genetic resources is published as nations discuss new biodiversity conservation targets ...

Human and natural changes to forests impacting natural filtration systemCredit: UBCO As World Water Day is observed around the globe, ...

Credit: Jessica Lee Erickson Using an improved version of the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers knocked out up to twelve ...

Insects, reptiles, fish and plants migrating north as winter freezes in South become less frequentCredit: Noah Whiteman, UC Berkeley Notwithstanding ...