Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants
Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Bursting the bubble: Revealing tasty genetic secrets of gigantic single-celled creatures
Researchers uncover patterns of gene expression within sea grapesCredit: OIST Graduate University Okinawan cuisine is known for its many delicacies ...
How plants handle stress
An international research team including Göttingen University investigates evolutionary developmentCredit: Jan de Vries Plants get stressed too. Environmental factors such ...
Potato virus Y is the most serious threat to potato — some strains more than others
Credit: Alexander Karasev Potato virus Y (PVY) is the most serious problem facing the potato industry in the United States ...
Study measures impact of agriculture on diet of wild mammals
In an article published in PNAS, Brazilian researchers stress the need for agricultural management that favors the maintenance of wildlifeCredit: ...
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the ...
Moss: a bio-monitor of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Yangtze River Delta
Credit: Tao Huang Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) deposition has more than doubled over the past century. It is very important ...
How to build a chloroplast
Plants use a single communication route when developing new chloroplastsCredit: Image by PhotoMIX Ltd. No copyright. No credit required. https://www.pexels.com/photo/closeup-photo-of-sprout-1002703/ ...
Seeing past the stigma
A review of the lesser known sides of the plant genus ErythroxylumCredit: J. D'Auria / IPK Since the Western world ...
How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests
Credit: Cyril Hertz and Lingfei Hu, University of Bern The western corn rootworm causes economic losses of over 2 billion ...
Lichens are way younger than scientists thought
Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...
ASU study shows some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis
Runoff from soils and surrounding environments provide life-sustaining carbonCredit: Lars Iversen All plants need carbon dioxide, or CO2 to live. ...
Protecting native vegetation on rural properties yields Brazil USD 1.5 trillion per year
Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, ...
Chitin-binding proteins override host plant’s resistance to fungal infection
Credit: Helena Volk, Kristina Marton, Marko Flajšman, et al. An insoluble complex carbohydrate, chitin makes up fungal walls and plays ...
System by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times illuminated
Credit: Kobe University A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants ...
Plants might be helping each other more than thought
Credit: Scientific illustration created by Dr I M Berenjeno (DhramaBeren Studio, www.dharmaberen.com) Contrary to the long-held belief that plants in ...
Some hoppy news: Hops don’t need to go dormant in order to flower
New possibilities for indoor, sustainable, local production of hopsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography The explosion of craft brewing across ...
University of Florida scientists advance citrus greening research efforts
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society Citrus greening, a devastating disease, has reduced Florida citrus production by 70%, according to most ...
Knowledge of the origin of the food makes it taste better
Well-known foods taste the best, but if we know where the food comes from and how it is made, it ...
Researchers highlight progress and challenges of phloem research
Credit: JIANG Yanjuan Numerous insects and pathogens extract nutrients from phloem tissue buried deep inside plants. These phloem-feeding insects and ...
