Dramatic loss of food plants for insects
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Zurich investigated the 100-year development in the canton of ZurichCredit: © Foto: Eliane ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Training instance segmentation neural network with synthetic datasets for seed phenotyping
Development of an efficient method to accelerate the development of machine learning models for plant phenotypingCredit: Issey Takahashi In the ...
No time to waste to avoid future food shortages
Credit: Natalia Bateman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta, ...
Common soil fungus could be ally in organic corn growers’ fight against pests
Credit: Nick Sloff A common soil fungus might be enlisted as a powerful partner by corn producers to suppress pests ...
Recurrent genomic selection for wheat grain fructans
Credit: Lynn Veenstra Fructans are naturally occurring plant polymers composed of fructose molecules. They are found in approximately 15% of ...
Digital agriculture paves the road to agricultural sustainability
Credit: Michigan State University In a study published in Nature Sustainability, an ecosystem scientist and an agricultural economist outline how ...
Sweet potato microbiome research important first step towards improving yield
Credit: Brooke Bissinger Grown around the world, sweet potatoes are an important source of nutrition particularly in sub-Saharan African and ...
Online tool helps to protect tropical forests
Credit: Tobias Fremout (KU Leuven) A new tool maps the threats to the tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador. ...
University of Guelph develops effective way to replenish threatened plants
University of Guelph researchers used advanced cloning techniques to give the threatened Hill's thistle a fighting chance.Credit: University of Guelph ...
HudsonAlpha plant genomics researchers surprised by cotton genome
New reference-grade assemblies published in Nature GeneticsCredit: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology April 20, 2020 (Huntsville, Ala.) - Plant genomics researchers ...
Oak genomics proves its worth
Landmark 10 article collection clarifies oak evolutionCredit: New Phytologist Lisle, Ill. (April 20) - A year and a half following ...
$3 million NSF grant supports search for heat-tolerant tomatoes
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett When your tomato plants won't bear fruit during the dog days of summer, a team ...
Princeton scientist solves air quality puzzle: Why does ozone linger long after its ban?
Drought-stressed plants are less able to remove ozone from the air, despite laws limiting pollution from cars, trucks and factories, ...
Picking up threads of cotton genomics
Analysis reveals cotton genome stability across global lineagesCredit: Cotton Inc. Come harvest time, the cotton fields look like popcorn is ...
Spores, please!
Gypsy moth larvae love poplar leaves infected by fungiCredit: Franziska Eberl, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Black poplar leaves ...
How did an ancient plant from Latin America become Asia’s second-most-important cash crop?
Valued at dining room tables and factory floors alike, cassava is worth about $10 billion in Asia. The continued growth ...
Clemson scientist explores the colorful intricacies of pollen
Study suggests that plant species maintain both light and dark pollen because each offers distinct survival advantages.Credit: Courtesy of Dustin ...
SMART and MIT develop nanosensors for real-time plant health monitoring
New nanobionic approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yieldsCredit: Felice C. ...
Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization after the initial flush of CO2
Credit: Alan Franzluebbers Healthy soil should have abundant nitrogen to supply plant growth needs, but it should not all be ...
Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- You might own something made from mahogany like furniture, paneling or a musical instrument. ...
