Mosses — Dynamic and built to last
Credit: Bernard Goffinet/UConn Photo In a Nature Communications paper published today, an international research team including UConn's Bernard Goffinet used ...
Tag: Plant Sciences
Researchers advance in the development of ‘papaya sugarcane’
Description of genes involved in sugarcane root cell separation could lead to the development of varieties with softened cell walls ...
Nature versus nurture: Environment exerts greater influence on corn health than genetics
Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minnesota (March 2019)--Corn is one of the most important staple crops in the world--over ...
Machine learning for measuring roots
Credit: CRAG Researchers from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and La Salle-Ramon Llull University, both in Barcelona, ...
Crop yield in maize influenced by unexpected gene ‘moonlighting’
Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Maize is a staple crop that came from humble beginnings. If you ...
Grant will allow scientists to study how prairie strips on farms affect soil over time
Credit: Lisa Schulte Moore AMES, Iowa - Researchers at Iowa State University will test how the environmental benefits of planting ...
Human activity disrupting iconic African ecosystem, Syracuse biologist finds
Syracuse University professor notes up to 75-percent drop in larger wildlife species populations in parts of Serengeti-Mara ecosystemCredit: Syracuse University ...
Three Konstanz researchers win prestigious Human Frontiers grants
Projects by Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan and Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin are among 34 selected in global competition Dina Dechmann, Alex Jordan ...
New plant breeding technologies for food security
Genome editing and world hungerCredit: S Koppmair An international team, including researchers from the University of Göttingen, argues in a ...
McSteen lab finds a new gene essential for making ears of corn
Credit: University of Missouri A team of scientists led by University of Missouri maize geneticist Paula McSteen has identified a ...
What’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
Credit: Public domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a new computational ...
Novel insights into soil biodiversity, Earth’s global engine
Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech professor was part of an international team of researchers that discovered new advances about ...
Okinawan sea grapes reveal secrets of plant evolution
Scientists decoded the genome of the popular Okinawan seaweed 'umi-budo' or 'sea grapes,' which could help ease the crop's cultivation ...
Birds bug out over coffee
Research on coffee farm habitats can help both fowl and farmersCredit: University of Delaware/ Doug Tallamy and Desirée Narango Coffee ...
Autonomous weed control via smart robots
A drift-free, weed-specific pesticide applicator could enable autonomous weed control via smart robots -- and help minimize exposure of crops ...
Old for new, using ancient genetic variation to supercharge wheat
Credit: Earlham Institute Wheat is responsible for half of global calories consumed either directly or as animal feed and we ...
The regeneration of a cell depends on where it is positioned
Credit: Minoru Kubo A simple tissue sample from a plant, like a branch or leaf, can grow into a whole ...
Substituting HPS with light-emitting diodes for supplemental lighting in greenhouses
Light-emitting diodes can replace high-pressure sodium lightingCredit: David Llewellyn In Canada, as in other higher latitudes, there is not enough ...
Deciphering the walnut genome
Findings could lead to new walnut varietiesCredit: UC Davis California produces 99 percent of the walnuts grown in the United ...
Not all carrot germplasm is the same — in terms of salinity tolerance
Effects of salinity on carrot germplasm evaluated Salinity stress is considered one of the most important abiotic factors that limits ...
