How to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels
Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibersCredit: Shih-Hsien Liu/ORNL and Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Researchers have developed ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Nanosatellites improve detection of early-season corn nitrogen stress
Credit: Planet Labs Inc. URBANA, Ill. - For corn growers, the decision of when and how much nitrogen fertilizer to ...
Directed evolution of endogenous genes opens door to rapid agronomic trait improvement
Credit: IGDB A research team led by Profs. GAO Caixia and LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental ...
Research identifies possible on/off switch for plant growth
Protein could be key to saving crops endangered by extreme weatherCredit: Jaimie Van Norman / UCR New research from UC ...
Response to fire impacts water levels 40 years into future
Credit: Photos courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and ...
Plants found to speak roundworm’s language
Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel these pests, which cause more than ...
New study shows ‘organic’ wounds improve produce
Scientists find simple leaf wounding in plants produces healthier organic fruitCredit: Luis Cisneros-Zevallos Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists found benefits ...
Improved functioning of diverse landscape mosaics
Credit: University of Zurich To date, biodiversity research primarily focused on the number of plant species present in ecosystems. "Most ...
Greening at high latitudes may inhibit the expansion of midlatitude deserts
Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections ...
New Phytopathology journal focus issue emphasizes virological advances
Credit: Decai Tuo and Wentao Shen Viruses cause some of the most important plant diseases worldwide with an estimated $60 ...
New MPMI focus issue seeks to improve management of virus-induced disease in crops
Credit: Taiyun Wei and Aiming Wang Viruses subvert or remodel host cells from the inside, relying on the host cellular ...
How do corals make the most of their symbiotic algae?
New work indicates how sea anemones control the size of their algal populations that reside within their tissueCredit: Photograph is ...
Scientists improve yield predictions based on seedling data
Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - A doctor diagnosing a 50-year-old patient based on a blood test ...
Drones effective tools for fruit farmers
Credit: Olga Walsh People have used the phrase "drone on and on" for a long time. Webster's dictionary defines this ...
Research team traces evolution of the domesticated tomato
UMass Amherst biologists led evolutionary detective work on fruit's originsCredit: University of Georgia/Alexis Ramos AMHERST, Mass. - In a new ...
Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati ...
Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study
Researchers look at unlogged forests in IndiaCredit: Anand Osuri As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the ...
Grower citizen science project uses collaboration to improve soil health
Credit: Natasja van Gestel West Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, ...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Credit: Michelle Pawlowski, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a ...
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of cropsCredit: ...
