Bermudagrass versus the armyworm
Striving for a better understanding of pest resistance in experimental linesCredit: Gurjit Singh Tifton, Georgia: A study out of the ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Proteins enable crop-infecting fungi to ‘smell’ food
Humans use same proteins to smell, taste, and seeCredit: Vincent Wu/JGI New research shows the same proteins that enable human ...
Powerhouse plants that bolster the food web
Researchers identify key native plants that stabilize feeding relationships essential for our planet's healthCredit: University of Delaware University of Delaware ...
Mangroves lock away carbon
Credit: © 2020 Morgan Bennett Smith High levels of dissolved calcium carbonate present in their bedrock indicate that Red Sea ...
Plantwise honored with International IPM Achievement Award
The CABI-led Plantwise programme, which has helped millions of smallholder farmers realise a 12-30% increase in crop-based activity and income, ...
What makes peppers blush
BiologyCredit: RUB, Marquard Visually, this transformation is clearly visible in the colour change from green to orange or red. The ...
Male weeds may hold key to their own demise
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness ...
The pressure sensor of the venus flytrap
Credit: (Picture: Ines Kreuzer, Soenke Scherzer / University of Wuerzburg) All plant cells can be made to react by touch ...
$6.3 million will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards
Incurable fungus, root rot and salinity threaten fruit productionCredit: UCR New grants totaling $6.3 million will help UC Riverside solve ...
ERC awards Barbara Mazzolai and Andrea Toma for projects on environmental sustainability
Researchers at IIT are among the grantees awarded by ERC today. Their projects will focus on the creation of intelligent ...
Microbes and plants: A dynamic duo
Credit: Devin Coleman-Derr Drought stress has been a major roadblock in crop success, and this obstacle will not disappear anytime ...
SMART researchers design portable device for fast detection of plant stress
Raman leaf-clip sensor would allow rapid diagnosis of nutrition deficiency in plants, enabling farmers to maximise crop yield in a ...
‘Big data’ enables first census of desert shrub
Credit: Michael Young The creosote is the king of the desert. This scraggly shrub dominates the landscape of the American ...
Study finds large-scale expansion of stem rust resistance gene in barley and oat lineages
Credit: John Innes Centre Stem rust is one of the most devastating fungal diseases of wheat and historically has caused ...
Risk of vine-to-vine spread of Xylella fastidiosa is greatest in July and August
Credit: Mark Sisterson The bacterial plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is a worldwide threat to perennial tree and vine crops and ...
What makes certain groups more vulnerable to COVID-19?
Researchers look to animals to find clues in proteins involved in infectionCredit: Jaswinder Singh What makes the elderly and people ...
SMART researchers develop plant nanobionic sensor to monitor arsenic levels in soil
For the first time, researchers from SMART have engineered a living plant-based sensor for the detection of arsenic in the ...
Peeking into the pods of black soybeans
Scientists are getting closer to figuring out how to synthesize a plant pigment that could have medicinal usesCredit: Kumi Yoshida ...
Keeping California a powerhouse of almond production
Credit: Sat Darshan Khalsa A favorite healthy snack, almonds are a staple on grocery store shelves worldwide. More than 80% ...
Tomato’s wild ancestor is a genomic reservoir for plant breeders
Humans turned a weedy plant with tiny fruit into the tomato that we know today. That wild ancestor could lead ...
