‘Rule breaking’ plants may be climate change survivors
Credit: Dr Annabel Smith Plants that break some of the 'rules' of ecology by adapting in unconventional ways may have ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Bacterial influencers — rhizosphere microbiome mediates root metabolite exudation
Credit: J. Szymanski / IPK Gatersleben, 07.02.2020 Roots are plant organs, that typically absorb water and minerals from soil. It ...
Trees in the Amazon are time capsules of human history, from culture to colonialism
Credit: Victor Caetano-Andrade As society has progressed, the annals of human history have been recorded through text, art, and oral ...
Putting a finger on plant stress response
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show that a zinc finger domain in Arabidopsis protein SIZ1 is essential for transcriptional ...
Bumble bees prefer a low-fat diet
A bumble bee's diet affects survival and reproductive capabilitiesCredit: Dieter Mahsberg Bees are an important factor for our environment and ...
Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth
Credit: Gu Lab, Penn State Plant cells tend to grow longer instead of wider due to the alignment of the ...
‘Oldest bamboo’ fossil from Eocene Patagonia turns out to be a conifer
Credit: Peter Wilf A fossilised leafy branch from the early Eocene in Patagonia described in 1941 is still often cited ...
Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death ...
$250,000 in Vilcek Foundation Prizes awarded to immigrant scientists
The 2020 Vilcek Prizes recognize immigrant scientists for the development of tools and technologies advancing scientific discoveryCredit: Photos courtesy of ...
Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
Credit: Mick Hanley, University of Plymouth Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly ...
Hemp ‘goes hot’ due to genetics, not growing conditions
Credit: Justin James Muir/Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - As the hemp industry grows, producers face the risk of cultivating a ...
Trees struggle when forests become too small
Fragmented forests a problem for spreading seeds, supporting diversityCredit: Photo: Antti Miettinen Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental problem we ...
New research shows sustainability can be a selling point for new ingredients
Credit: University of Nottingham The first UK consumer study on the use of Bambara Groundnut as an ingredient in products ...
Solving the riddle of strigolactone biosynthesis in plants
The discovery of orobanchol synthaseCredit: Kobe University Strigolactones (SLs) are a class of chemical compounds found in plants that have ...
Microscopic partners could help plants survive stressful environments
Credit: Photo by Ashley Finnestad, T.E. Cheeke Lab, WSU. Tiny, symbiotic fungi play an outsized role in helping plants survive ...
Speedy recovery: New corn performs better in cold
BTI researchers develop a strain of corn that recovers much more quickly after a cold snap, which could enable farmers ...
Can chickpea genes save mustard seeds from blight disease?
Credit: Urooj Fatima, Priyadarshini Bhorali, and Muthappa Senthil-Kumar During visits to fields in Assam, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, India, plant ...
Researchers combine technologies to resolve plant pathogen genomes
Credit: Cris Thompson for Virginia Tech. With the help of new genomic sequencing and assembly tools, plant scientists can learn ...
Fungi as food source for plants
Biologists of the University of Bayreuth publish surprising findingsCredit: Photo: Philipp Giesemann. The number of plant species that extract organic ...
Fungal decisions can affect climate
Credit: Susan V. Fisk When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and ...
