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Nov 17

Fleshy Fruits Are More Common in Tropics: Phylogenic Analysis

By Isabel Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Fruits can be dichotomously classified as fleshy or dry. Although many factors have been proposed to explain the pattern that the fleshy-fruited species occur with deceasing latitude and altitude, the relative importance of these factors has not yet been resolved. Researchers…

Nov 16

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“Ray guns” let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Researchers have used a handheld device that looks a little like a ray gun to record how plant leaves on different Alaskan mountains reflect light. And, it turns out, different populations of plants of the same species—for instance, plants living…

Nov 15

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Study shines a light into ‘black holes’ in the Arabidopsis genome

By Isabel News, Plant Science

A new study has sequenced the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana at a level of detail never previously achieved. Now, for the first time, this study reveals the secrets of the Arabidopsis centromeres, shedding light on their evolution and providing insights…

Nov 12

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DNA reveals how ice ages affected African rainforests

By Isabel Forestry, News, Plant Science

Tree DNA has revealed how African rainforests responded to past climate change including ice ages, new research shows. The new study found clues to support this, by identifying genetic signs of points when two populations of the same species emerged from…

Nov 11

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Probing plant infections

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

Sometimes the pathogens that infect plants also affect people—through our pocketbooks. Which is why plant pathologist spend a lot of time studying microbes that infect tomatoes, peppers and strawberries.

Nov 10

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Delicious discoveries: Scientists just described a new onion species from the Himalaya

By Isabel Botany, Fruits and Vegetables, News

The genus Allium contains about 1,100 species worldwide, including many staple foods like onion, garlic, scallion, shallot and chives. Even though this group of vegetables has been making appearances at family dinners for centuries, it turns out that it is a long…

Nov 09

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In plant stress response, one protein lures, binds its own killer

By Isabel News, Plant Health

Research has found a twist in the way plants cannibalize their own cells to survive under stressIn response to drought, cold, lack of sunlight and other stress, cellular proteins interact in different ways to help a plant survive. A primary…

Nov 08

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How plant parents ensure that their kids make it far in life

By Isabel Botany, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Researchers have been studying seed dispersal to understand how chemicals impact interactions between fruit and the animals that eat them.

Nov 02

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New study capture sugar transport fundamental to plants

By Isabel News

In plants, Sugar Transport Proteins (STPs) are key for uptake of glucose. Moreover, controlling sugar uptake through STPs is used by plants as a vital defense strategy against microbial infection, by using starvation and competition for sugar to restrict microbial…

Nov 01

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Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere teaches old oaks new tricks

By Isabel Forestry, News

Mature oak trees will increase their rate of photosynthesis by up to a third in response to the raised CO2 levels expected to be the world average by about 2050, new research shows.

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Fleshy Fruits Are More Common in Tropics: Phylogenic Analysis

“Ray guns” let scientists use light instead of DNA to tell plant populations apart

Study shines a light into ‘black holes’ in the Arabidopsis genome

DNA reveals how ice ages affected African rainforests

Probing plant infections

Delicious discoveries: Scientists just described a new onion species from the Himalaya

In plant stress response, one protein lures, binds its own killer

How plant parents ensure that their kids make it far in life

New study capture sugar transport fundamental to plants

Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere teaches old oaks new tricks

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