Tag: Plant Sciences

Credit: Picture : A. Ruban and A. Houben, IPK, Gatersleben Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) was initially domesticated by Native ...

Credit: IGDB Base editors, which enable production of highly efficient targeted point mutations in genomic DNA without causing double-stranded DNA ...

Loss of cycads from natural habitats may create detrimental ripple effects for other organismsCredit: University of Guam A study published ...

Some mosses in the Mojave Desert live under translucent quartz as protection from the sunCredit: Kirsten Fisher. CSU-Los Angeles Living ...

Credit: Dr. Pavel Zykin Highly stable polymeric "amyloid" proteins, best known for their role in Alzheimer's disease, have been mostly ...

Credit: Credit: Evan Gora Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama have published dramatic maps showing the ...

Credit: Jodi DeJong-Hughes Excessively wet field conditions at harvest throughout the North Central and upper Midwest regions resulted in many ...

Protective mechanism paves the way to improved plant disease resistance and food stabilityCredit: Huffaker Lab, UC San Diego To ensure ...

Credit: Sarah J. Pethybridge, Sandeep Sharma, Zachariah Hansen, Julie R. Kikkert, Daniel L. Olmstead, and Linda E. Hanson A plant ...

Credit: Curtin University A closer look at DNA from south-western Australia's native Nuytsia floribunda, known as the WA Christmas Tree, ...

Credit: Juan Osorno Pinto beans are good for us. They are nutritious, packed with protein and fiber. They also contain ...

Credit: IPK A new study (Budhagatapalli et al., 2020), which has recently been published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal, demonstrates ...

Native desert plants important to indigenous cultures especially vulnerableCredit: Steve Grodsky, UC Davis With their tough skins, pointy armor and ...

Soil microbes could promote better farm outputsCredit: CSIRO In hotter, dryer conditions with climate change, a secret agent for more ...

New method tests for harmful species like the Asian gypsy moth and sudden oak death pathogenCredit: Paul H Joseph/UBC Asian ...

Credit: Mary Ortiz-Castro, Terra Hartman, Teresa Coutinho, Jillian M. Lang, Kevin Korus, Jan E. Leach, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, and Kirk Broders ...

Credit: University of Basel No year since weather records began was as hot and dry as 2018. A first comprehensive ...

Credit: Gabriel Castrillo LAWRENCE -- Just below ground, an ancient and poorly understood relationship plays out between plants and microbes ...

A compound from a common shrub boosts an antibiotic's activity against antibiotic-resistant staph bacteriaCredit: Tharanga Samarakoon Scientists discovered a compound ...

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Phyo L.P. Won After interviewing smallholder farmers throughout South and Southeast Asia, one of the top ...