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Mar 10

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Researchers Construct Pan-3D Genome of Soybean

By Isabel Agriculture, News

High-order chromatin structure is a prerequisite for the function of cis-regulatory elements in the genome, which plays an important role in gene regulation. In eukaryotes, the organization of three-dimensional (3D) genome presents a hierarchical pattern, where chromatin can be divided…

Mar 09

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Researchers publish new epigenetic editing technique to improve crops

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Health

Cassava is one of the most important crops in the tropics, feeding half a billion people in more than 80 countries. Cassava bacterial blight (CBB) is a devastating disease that causes crop losses worldwide. Research demonstrated that a new technology,…

Mar 07

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Documenting plant organ development

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Delving deeper into organ development requires long-term monitoring of organ growth. Researchers have designed a novel approach that they employed to characterise growing leaves. Over several weeks scientists photographed more than 1,000 leaves at varying developmental stages. By applying targeted…

Mar 06

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Scientists Estimate Carbon Stored in African Dryland Trees

By Isabel Forestry, News, Plant Science

Using commercial, high-resolution satellite images and artificial intelligence, an international team mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in Africa’s drylands to assess the amount of carbon stored outside of the continent’s dense tropical forests. The result is the first comprehensive…

Mar 03

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Water pores in leaves proven to be part of plant’s defence system against pathogens

By Isabel News, Plant Science

How do plants defend themselves against pathogenic micro-organisms? This is a complex puzzle, of which a team of biologists has solved a new piece. They discovered that while the water pores (hydathodes) in leaves provide an entry point for bacteria,…

Mar 02

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Strengthening Sorghum Against a Worldwide Fungal Threat

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

A gene discovered could help fortify the defenses of sorghum to anthracnose, a disease of the cereal grain crop that can inflict yield losses of up to 50 percent.

Mar 01

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Scientists are advancing in developing super-adaptable plants that could benefit global agriculture

By Isabel News, Plant Science

A new study suggests that, based on the identification of certain molecular mechanisms, it is possible to develop Super-Adaptable Plants (SAP) with higher nutrient absorption in unfavorable conditions.

Feb 28

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Forest trees find a new watery ‘sweet spot’ when CO2 is high

By Isabel Forestry, News, Plant Science

Trees living in conditions where the carbon dioxide (CO2) has been artificially elevated are likely to become more efficient in conserving water.

Feb 27

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Plants in greenhouse. Credit: Kyoka Kuroiwa - INRAE

Copying nature to resist viruses

By Isabel News, Plant Health, Plant Science

One of the impacts of climate change is the proliferation of viruses on cultivated plants. To reduce the use of pesticides and promote the deployment of agroecological practices, one strategy is to increase the natural resistance of plants to viruses.…

Feb 24

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How non-native tree species affect biodiversity

By Isabel Forestry, News

Non-native forest tree species can reduce native species diversity if they are planted in uniform stands. In contrast, the effects of introduced species on soil properties are small. This was found by an international review study.

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Researchers Construct Pan-3D Genome of Soybean

Researchers publish new epigenetic editing technique to improve crops

Documenting plant organ development

Scientists Estimate Carbon Stored in African Dryland Trees

Water pores in leaves proven to be part of plant’s defence system against pathogens

Strengthening Sorghum Against a Worldwide Fungal Threat

Scientists are advancing in developing super-adaptable plants that could benefit global agriculture

Forest trees find a new watery ‘sweet spot’ when CO2 is high

Copying nature to resist viruses

How non-native tree species affect biodiversity

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