Skoltech’s recent achievement takes us one step closer to Mars
Credit: Skoltech Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE) and the Skoltech Digital Agriculture ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Membrane building blocks play decisive role in controlling cell growth
Credit: Marta Fratini Lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope - the cell membrane. In addition to their ...
Flowers of St. John’s Wort serve as green catalyst
Credit: Julia Naumann Since ancient times, St. John's Wort has been used as a medicinal herb covering a wide range ...
Drone-based photogrammetry: A reliable and low-cost method for estimating plant biomass
Credit: Photo credit: Lane Scher. Remote sensing technology has become a vital tool for scientists over the past several decades ...
Finding the best targets to improve crop yield by following CO2 journey inside the leaf
Credit: Natalia Bateman, CoETP A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide ...
Facts on the ground: How microplastics in the soil contribute to environmental pollution
Scientists in Korea investigate the abundance, characteristics, and potential sources of microplastic pollutants in agricultural soil samplesCredit: StockSnap from Pixabay ...
New study reveals biodiversity important at regional scales
Findings from long-term, landscape-level analyses can help enhance conservationCredit: © C. Patrick/VIMS. New research shows that biodiversity is important not ...
Biosensors monitor plant well-being in real time
Diurnal in vivo xylem sap glucose and sucrose monitoring using implantable organic electrochemical transistor sensorsCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping ...
Hidden conflict in the mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia
Credit: K. Quides Orange, Calif. - The mutually beneficial relationship between legumes and rhizobia, the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that make ...
Spanish Journal of Soil Science selects Frontiers as first publishing partner
Credit: SJSS Open access society journal the Spanish Journal of Soil Science (SJSS) has chosen Frontiers as its first commercial ...
Novel analytical tools developed by SMART key to next-generation agriculture
Next-gen analytical technologies will enable sustainable practices in traditional and urban agricultureCredit: Betsy Skrip, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plant nanosensors ...
Research reveals why plant diversity is so important for bee diversity
Delicate balance of energy efficiency and flower morphology are key to co-existence between honey bees and bumble beesCredit: Professor Francis ...
Cataloguing genetic information about yams
Credit: S. Yamanaka Yams are a staple food in West Africa, which produces over 90% of the world's yams each ...
High greenhouse gas emissions from Siberian Inland Waters
Credit: Egor Istigechev Rivers and lakes at high latitudes are considered to be major sources for greenhouse gas emissions to ...
Variable weather makes weeds harder to whack
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - From flooded spring fields to summer hailstorms and drought, farmers ...
Yes, allergy seasons are getting worse; blame climate change
Credit: William Anderegg If you live with seasonal allergies and feel like the pollen seasons feel longer and longer every ...
Richness of plant species reduces the number of viral infections in meadows
Richness of plant species reduces the number of viral infections in both wild meadows and meadows on the edges of ...
Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease
Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and dieCredit: Hailing Jin/UCR New research affirms a unique peptide found in an Australian ...
Arctic stew: Understanding how high-latitude lakes respond to and affect climate change
Credit: Paul Sibley To arrive at Nunavut, turn left at the Dakotas and head north. You can't miss it--the vast ...
UTIA researchers work to improve eastern grasslands
NIFA grant should improve productivity, sustainability and resiliency of grassland agroecosystemsCredit: Photo by Rebekah Norman, UT Extension agent and county ...
