Antagonistic genes modify rice plant growth
Credit: Motoyuki Ashikari Scientists at Nagoya University and colleagues in Japan have identified two antagonistic genes involved in rice plant ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Getting to the root of the problem
Credit: James Burridge Roots play a vital role in crop plants. They take up water and nutrients for the plant ...
Study shines new light on young tree seedlings
Credit: UGA The first few weeks of a tree seedling's life can be the most precarious. As it pushes thin ...
A case for botanical gardens to lead in global plant crisis
New call for funding, advocacy for botanical gardens to lead efforts to avert plant extinctionCredit: © The Morton Arboretum LISLE, ...
Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth
Future possibilities include controlling size of crop leavesCredit: Photo by Hirokazu Tsukaya, CC BY Clinging to the walls of tropical ...
IKBFU scientists suggest using heather as an antioxidant
According to the scientists, this plant is a source of valuable biologically active substances with cardioprotective, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and ...
Strigolactones increase tolerance to weevils in tobacco plants
In a crosstalk with other plant hormones, these novel plant hormones regulate the resistance to endophytic Trichobaris mucorea larvaeCredit: Anna ...
Fossil pollen record suggests vulnerability to mass extinction ahead
Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the ...
What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?
Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plantCredit: Kenji Suetsugu Balanophora have some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, ...
A new method for in vivo plant cell imaging with SNAP-tag proteins
Credit: Issey Takahashi A team of scientists at the Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) have developed a method ...
New approach uses wild genes to improve biological nitrogen fixation in soybeans
Credit: Thi Nguyet Minh Dao and Svetlana Y. Folimonova. One of the top four crops grown worldwide, soybean has been ...
Fossil leaves show high atmospheric carbon spurred ancient ‘global greening’
A unique New Zealand deposit opens insights into how modern climate change may proceedCredit: Jennifer Bannister/University of Otago Scientists studying ...
Declining US plant breeding programs impacts food security
Credit: Sarah Kostick The majority of today's plant-based food is a product of plant breeding. U.S. public plant breed-ing programs ...
Invasive shrubs in Northeast forests grow leaves earlier and keep them longer
Citizen scientists confirm that invasives seem to have advantage over native shrubs, contributing to their proliferation, impactsCredit: Erynn Maynard-Bean, Penn ...
Improving protein digestibility in sorghum
Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program August 19, 2020 - Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, ...
Research brief: Bee neighborly — sharing bees helps more farmers
Credit: Eric Lonsdorf / Many farmers are used to sharing big equipment--like tractors and other costly machinery -- with neighboring ...
Findings refute idea of monarchs’ migration mortality as major cause of population decline
Credit: University of Kansas Marketing Communications LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- In a new study, Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor and colleagues ...
DNA damage triggers reprogramming into stem cells
Discovery of a new adaptive strategy that plants use under harsh environmentsCredit: NIBB A joint research team from the National ...
Desert greenhouses offer growth opportunities
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho Emerging technologies can be harnessed to use the strengths of hot, humid coastal deserts ...
Native trees thrive in teak plantations and may protect the Panama Canal
Credit: Jorge Alemán, STRI Native to India, teak is the go-to species for reforestation in Central America. But teak often ...
