Tag: Plant Sciences

Credit: Shireen Dooling The community of viruses is staggeringly vast. Occupying every conceivable biological niche, from searing undersea vents to ...

UTIA and Blühen Botanicals to collaborate on hemp production research

Popular new crop needs research-based dataCredit: Photo by G. Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Blühen Botanicals and the University ...

Plant cells as small-scale assembly lines: New Research Training Group starts at the MLU

Growth for plant research in Halle: A new Research Training Group (RTG) opened at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) ...

Sea level rise requires extra management to maintain salt marshes

Credit: Zhenchang Zhu at NIOZ Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds and protect coasts under sea level ...

New study works with historically disenfranchised communities to combat sudden oak death

Credit: Richard C. Cobb, Noam Ross, Katherine J. Hayden, Catherine A. Eyre, Richard S. Dodd, Susan J. Frankel, Matteo Garbelotto, ...

Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias

With a new insight into a long-described mutualistic relationship, plant biologists from the University of Pennsylvania reveal the genetic factors ...

New species of tree discovered in Tanzania mountains

Credit: Dr Andy Marshall Researchers have discovered a new species of tree in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania, part of ...

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Joshua trees facing extinction

Credit: Nicholas Graver / NPS They outlived mammoths and saber-toothed tigers. But without dramatic action to reduce climate change, new ...

Researchers publish new study on citrus greening disease

July 15, 2019

Orange juice is a staple on many breakfast tables, but the future availability of citrus products is threatened by the ...

New study on the immune system of plants: It works differently than expected

July 15, 2019

What happens at the molecular level when plants defend against invading pathogens? Previously it was assumed that the processes were ...

Seeking sustainable solutions for Nashville’s organic wastes

July 12, 2019

University of Tennessee collaborates with Resource Capture on $40,000 grantCredit: Tennessee Dept. of Tourist Development KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An interdisciplinary ...

Early arrival of spring disrupts the mutualism between plants and pollinators

July 12, 2019

Credit: Yuimi Hirabayashi (Bihoro Museum) Gaku Kudo of Hokkaido University and Elisabeth J. Cooper of the Arctic University of Norway ...

Yield-boosting stay-green gene identified from 118-year-old experiment in corn

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - A corn gene identified from a 118-year-old experiment at the ...

Scientists discover a novel perception mechanism regulating important plant processes

An international research team has revealed a novel mechanism for the perception of endogenous peptides by a plant receptor. The ...

Coral skeleton crystals record ocean acidification

Credit: Ratha Grimes The acidification of the oceans is recorded in the crystals of the coral skeleton. This is a ...

Mustering a milder mustard

Scientists reveal protein responsible for a bitter taste; but will it help us to eat our greens?Credit: Soon Goo Lee ...

Oldest completely preserved lily discovered

Already 115 million years ago, tropical flowering plants were apparently very diverse and showed all typical characteristicsCredit: MfN Berlin Botanist ...

Finding of STEMIN (STEM CELL INDUCING FACTOR) for feasible reprogramming in plants

Credit: NIBB Stem cells self-renew and give rise to cells that are differentiated during development. These differentiated cells can change ...

Oh! The places you will go! at the Annual ASHS Conference in Las Vegas