Harrington Seed Destructor kills nearly 100 percent of US agronomic weed seeds in lab study
Credit: Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds, farmers are increasingly eager to ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
UT microbiologist receives DOE grant to investigate Peatland carbon processes
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Department of Energy A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, microbiologist has received a portion of a $3.1 ...
Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change
Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light, ...
Getting to the root of plant survival
Findings could help scientists control root emergence and battle dry conditions brought on by climate changeCredit: Monica Moriak/ University of ...
19th-century bee cells in a Panamanian cathedral shed light on human impact on ecosystems
Credit: Paola Galgani-Barraza Despite being "neotropical-forest-loving creatures," some orchid bees are known to tolerate habitats disturbed by human activity. However, ...
Unique centromere type discovered in the European dodder
Credit: Jiri Macas České Budějovice/Gatersleben, 27.01.2020 Whenever the European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, is under scientific scrutiny, it usually is due ...
Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem
Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...
Global warming could have a negative impact on biodiversity generation processes
This is one of the conclusions of an international study focused on the causes of the evolutionary success of Carex, ...
How old are they? Some non-photosynthetic orchids consist of dead wood
Credit: Kobe University Botanists have long held a fascination for heterotrophic plants, not only because they contradict the notion that ...
FSU Research: Despite less ozone pollution, not all plants benefit
Credit: Bruce Palmer / FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Breathe easy: Concentrations of ozone in the air have decreased ...
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Credit: Jamie Luther Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can't ...
Mosquitoes are drawn to flowers as much as people — and now scientists know why
Credit: Kiley Riffell Without their keen sense of smell, mosquitoes wouldn't get very far. They rely on this sense to ...
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster open science & sustainability
Credit: Viticulture Data Journal and ARPHA Platform Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and ...
Discovery of beneficial fungal taxa may help restore native plant in the PNW
Credit: Gretchen Freed, Daniel Schlatter, Timothy Paulitz, and Frank Dugan Camas, a seed-producing forb, grows in prairie and wetland habitats ...
Advancing the application of genomic sequences through ‘Kmasker plants’
Joint press release of IPK, IPB & Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergCredit: Chris Ulpinnis / IPB Halle & Pixabay Gatersleben, 20.01.2020 ...
New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells
Scientists uncover the location and functions of a new type of chlorophyll molecule for the first timeCredit: Tokyo University of ...
Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources
Credit: WSU Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air ...
Scientists explain how leaf apex enhances water drainage
Credit: DONG Zhichao Chinese scientists have recently shown how the tiny apex structure in plant leaves controls water drainage and ...
UC Davis scientists provide novel strategies for parasitic weed control
Credit: Yaxin Wang, Daniel Steele, Maylin Murdock, Seigmund Lai, and John Yoder Parasitic weeds are among the world's most economically ...
Plant genomes reveal the basis for adaptation to contrasting climates
Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University It is an open question how we can ensure that our crop plants remain productive ...
