Tag: Plant Sciences

A review article authored by Brazilian researchers evaluated several compounds with therapeutic potential against gastric tumors Curcumin is widely used ...

Study shows fall armyworms prefer single-variety plantings of St. Augustine grassCredit: Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 ...

NTU Singapore scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - New evidence from Michigan State University suggests that those who smoke cannabis, or marijuana, weigh less ...

Salk scientists uncover a link between RNA editing and chloroplast-to-nucleus communication that could help plants adapt to a changing worldCredit: ...

Credit: K. D. Swisher Grimm and S. F. Garczynski St. Paul, MN (April 2019)--Named after the dark stripes that form ...

York University research shows species is critically endangered The American Bumblebee - a species once more commonly seen buzzing around ...

Experiments were guided by a prescription in a 16th-century textCredit: Emory University Extracts from the seeds of the Ginkgo biloba ...

Credit: Mingzhen Lu, Princeton Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dense rainforests, maple-blanketed mountains and sweeping coniferous forests demonstrate the growth and ...

Credit: Gabriela Zuquim Understanding the ecology and distributions of species in Amazonia is hampered by lack of information about environmental ...

Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, is being touted as beneficial for many health conditions, ranging from anxiety to ...

Contamination of rice with arsenic is a major problem in some regions of the world with high rice consumption. Now, ...

Credit: Inari Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced today an exclusive licensing agreement with partner ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 15, 2019) - The U.S. Army awarded up to $50 million over five years to ...

Can epigenetics help us grow food more efficiently and combat global hunger? Plant regeneration can occur via formation of a ...

Credit: Mississippi State University St. Paul, MN (March 28, 2019)--The 2018 Mississippi State University (MSU) Row Crop Short Course, held ...

Credit: Bruno Basso Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from ...

Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate ...

The discovery of a fruit length modulator has implications for cucumber breedingCredit: Yiqun Weng The cucumber is among the top ...

A large portion of a plant is hidden below the ground. This buried root system is essential for the plant: ...