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Jul 14

Workshop on Development of National Gene Banks Proposes Modern Innovative Methods of Increasing Biodiversity in OIC Member States

By Isabel News, Policy

A virtual Workshop on the Development of National Gene Banks in the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was conducted online. The 160 participants examined issues of the development, conservation and exchange of plant and animal genetic…

Jul 10

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Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Health, Plant Science

Citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing of HLB), transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, is currently the biggest threat to the citrus industry and is threat to many parts of the world. In Florida alone, citrus greening disease has accounted for losses…

Jul 09

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Threats to global food security from emerging fungal crop pathogens

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Health, Plant Science

Amongst the world's most challenging problems is the need to feed an ever-growing global population sustainably. Securing the food supply is of paramount importance, and more attention must be given to the threat from fungal pathogens competing with us for…

Jul 08

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Agriculture – a climate villain? Maybe not! A proposal to rethink agriculture in the climate calculations

By Isabel Agriculture, Climate change, News

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claims that agriculture is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases, and is thus by many observers considered as a climate villain. This conclusion, however, is based on a paradigm that…

Jul 07

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Newly Identified Gene Reduces Pollen Number of Plants

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Producing fewer sperm cells can be advantageous in self-fertilizing plants. An international study has identified a gene in the model plant Arabidopsis that reduces the number of pollen. In addition to supporting the evolutionary theory, these findings could help to…

Jul 06

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Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work

By Isabel ASPS, Botany, News

In a world first, researchers have discovered a plant that has successfully evolved to use ants—as well as native bees—as pollinating agents by overcoming their antimicrobial defenses.

Jul 03

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Plant detectives develop new way to trace global spread of major plant disease

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Health, Plant Science

A team of scientists has developed a way to potentially thwart the spread of a disease-causing bacterium that harms more than 100 plant species worldwide, an advance that could save the nursery industry billions a year.

Jul 02

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Image: soy plant in the field, with close-up of soybean pod. Credit: Julio César García / Pixabay

How a Molecular “Alarm” System in Plants Protects Them from Predators

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, JSPB, News, Plant Science

Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them. However, exactly how these plants recognize signals from insects has been unknown until now. Scientists uncover…

Jul 01

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How to build better highways in plants

By Isabel ASPB, News, Plant Science

As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its version of manufacturing sites to the cell wall construction zone. Transporter proteins, called motor proteins, are thought to move these cell wall cargo via a complex highway system made up…

Jun 30

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How bacteria fertilise soya

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Soya and clover have their very own fertiliser factories in their roots, where bacteria manufacture ammonium, which is crucial for plant growth. Although this has long been common knowledge, scientists have only recently described the mechanism in detail. With biotechnology,…

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Workshop on Development of National Gene Banks Proposes Modern Innovative Methods of Increasing Biodiversity in OIC Member States

Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance

Threats to global food security from emerging fungal crop pathogens

Agriculture – a climate villain? Maybe not! A proposal to rethink agriculture in the climate calculations

Newly Identified Gene Reduces Pollen Number of Plants

Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work

Plant detectives develop new way to trace global spread of major plant disease

How a Molecular “Alarm” System in Plants Protects Them from Predators

How to build better highways in plants

How bacteria fertilise soya

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