Elasticity key to plants and animals’ ability to sting
A new study explains for the very first time the principles behind the design of stings, needles, and spikes in ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s perhaps largest erection — which is not that big
In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own ...
Anaerobically disinfect soil to increase phosphorus using diluted ethanol
Credit: Takashi Kunito, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University Scientists in Japan and the Netherlands have independently ...
Study reveals impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer
Credit: Tayler LaSharr When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual ...
Statistical analyses of plant metabolites allow solid testing of plant defense theories
High-throughput analyses of small substances in Nicotiana attenuata reveal that plants re-organize their metabolism to produce highly-specific defense metabolites after ...
Plant cell gatekeepers’ diversity could be key to better crops
Credit: Annamaria De Rosa, CoETP Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic ...
Grant to support research into grape downy mildew
Credit: Kaitlin Gold, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The climate in New York state is ideal for cultivating many grape ...
An ion channel senses cell swelling and helps cells to choose a response
Mechanosensitive channel transporting ions induces program of cell suicideCredit: (Washington University in St. Louis) After a dry spell, a rainy ...
Crop pathogens ‘remarkably adaptable’
Credit: Clare Thatcher Pathogens that attack agricultural crops show remarkable adaptability to new climates and new plant hosts, new research ...
Effects of potassium fertilization in pear trees
Credit: Courtesy of P.B. Sete. The amount of exchangeable potassium (K) contained in native soil does not always meet the ...
Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work
In a world first, Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers have discovered a plant that has successfully evolved to use ants ...
Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance
Credit: Plant Disease Citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing of HLB), transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, is currently the biggest threat ...
Study tracks decades of life cycle changes in nonwoody plants
One biologist made 600,000 observations over the course of the studyCredit: Photo by Steve Buck CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For 25 ...
Invasive rushes spreading in upland farm fields
A new study shows invasive native species of rushes are spreading across UK upland farms and have the potential to ...
California’s climate refugia: Mapping the stable places
Which lands stand the best chance for conservation and wildfire restoration?Credit: UC Davis Some landscapes can hold their own against ...
Milkweed, only food source for monarch caterpillars, ubiquitously contaminated
Harmful pesticides found in Western Monarch breeding groundCredit: Photo by Angela Laws, Xerces Society. RENO, Nev. - New evidence identifies ...
Threats to global food security from emerging fungal crop pathogens
Credit: University of Exeter Amongst the world's most challenging problems is the need to feed an ever-growing global population sustainably. ...
Newly identified gene reduces pollen number of plants
Credit: Misako Yamazaki Already in the 19th century Charles Darwin recognized that the number of male gametes - pollen for ...
A tiny arctic shrub reveals secrets of plant growth on Svalbard
Counting tiny rings showed synchronous growth across an entire arctic archipelagoCredit: Lisa Sandal, NTNU The polar willow (Salix polaris) may ...
Egg-based coating preserves fresh produce
Rice University lab's protein coating extends shelf life of perishable fruits and vegetablesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 4, ...
