Tag: Plant Sciences

University of Montana Professor Diana Six is one of 12 authors of a new report that addresses the potential for ...

A new study is shedding light on the importance of one critical resource for Andean bears living in the dry ...

Credit: (Image: Eva Laura von der Heyde) Just like land plants, algae use sunlight as an energy source. Many green ...

Finding provides potential for increased disease resistance in cropsCredit: WSU Photos Washington State University researchers have discovered the way plants ...

HKU's co-led study revealed: Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical RainforestCredit: @The University of Hong Kong Termites are commonly ...

Researchers unlock the secrets of radial growth Two international research teams have identified key regulatory networks controlling how plants grow ...

Credit: Culnaris - Saatgut für Lebensmittel Plant breeders at the University of Göttingen and Agrecol have launched a joint initiative ...

Intense effort underway to find culprit behind rapid disease spreadCredit: Forest Pathology, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - A confounding new ...

Exploring best practices for strong, disease-resistant potato cropsCredit: Colorado State University For several years, Colorado State University agricultural researchers have ...

James Cook University scientists in Australia have found that trees change their anatomy in response to prolonged drought. JCU's Associate ...

Staple and economically important crops throughout the world could be at serious risk if efficient measures are not taken soonCredit: ...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(January 8, 2019) Salk scientist Saket Navlakha has received a CAREER award from the National Science ...

MADISON, Wis. -- If you've ever grown carrots in your garden and puzzled over never once seeing them flower, don't ...

CRISPR-based method sterilizes male insects for population suppression of agricultural pests and disease-carrying mosquitoesCredit: Nikolay Kandul, Akbari Lab, UC San ...

Credit: Emmanuel Rezende Naves The chili pepper, from an evolutionary perspective, is the tomato's long-lost spitfire cousin. They split off ...

Researchers are developing the self-contained planters that will allow astronauts to grow food in spaceCredit: Silje Wolff, NTNU Social Research ...

Recordings of the sounds in tropical forests could unlock secrets about biodiversity and aid conservation efforts around the world, according ...

Transgenic tobacco plants engineered with synthetic metabolic pathways designed to bypass the inefficient and costly side effects of natural photorespiration ...

Flexing a single elbow joint enables gulls to adapt their wing shape to gusty conditions--a relatively simple mechanism that could ...

Nursery-grown plants can harbor fungicide-resistant strains of disease-causing pathogensCredit: Matteo Garbelotto, U.C. Berkeley photo In 2014, plant biologists with the ...