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Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

By David R. Montgomery, University of Washington Planting a diverse blend of crops and cover crops, and not tilling, helps promote soil health. Catherine Ulitsky, USDA/Flickr, CC BY One of the biggest modern myths about agriculture is that…

Isabel19/04/2017

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Roots of a second green revolution

This week we spoke to Professor Jonathan Lynch, Penn State University, whose research on root traits has deepened our understanding of how plants adapt to drought and low soil fertility. Could you begin by giving us a brief…

Isabel13/04/2017

Blog Future Directions

Creole maize reveals adaptation secrets

By Lucina Melesio An international team of scientists identified a hundred genes that influence adaptation to the latitude, altitude, growing season and flowering time of nearly 4,500 native maize varieties in Mexico and in almost all Latin American and Caribbean…

Isabel06/04/2017

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Global Plant Council stress resilience commentaries published in Food and Energy Security

In October 2015, researchers from around the world came together in Iguassu Falls, Brazil, for the Stress Resilience Symposium, organized by the Global Plant Council and the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB), to discuss the current research efforts in developing…

Isabel31/03/2017

ASPS Blog New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Public Engagement

Plants in Action! Developing a free expert-written plant science textbook

Plants in Action! Alert: Teachers of plant physiology! Have you ever wanted a free, on-line textbook written by experts and regularly updated? Plants in Action is an on-line resource for students and academics teaching plant function to undergrads, published by…

Isabel30/03/2017

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Healthy soil is the real key to feeding the world

Roots of a second green revolution

Creole maize reveals adaptation secrets

Global Plant Council stress resilience commentaries published in Food and Energy Security

Plants in Action! Developing a free expert-written plant science textbook

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