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Aug 25

Depth of perception: In plant cells, a conserved mechanism for perceiving mechanical force resides in unexpected location

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Minuscule tunnels through the cell membrane help cells to perceive and respond to mechanical forces, such as pressure or touch. A new study is among the first to directly investigate what one type of these mechanosensitive ion channels is doing in…

Aug 24

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Improving soil health starts with farmer-researcher collaboration

By Isabel News, Plant Health, Science communication

Ask a farmer, a scientist, and a conservation professional to define soil health, and you might come up with three rather different answers. That mismatch may be at the root of lower-than-ideal adoption of soil conservation practices, according to a…

Aug 23

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Microbes Play Role in Corn ‘Hybrid Vigor’

By Isabel News, Plant Health, Plant Science

Researchers have shown that soil microbes – microscopic organisms like viruses, bacteria and fungi found throughout nature – play a role in the phenomenon of heterosis or “hybrid vigor,” the superior performance of crossed plant lines, or hybrids, over inbred…

Aug 20

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Identifying a putative pH switch associated with iron uptake in plants

By Isabel ECRi, News, Plant Science, Post

The discovery of a pH switch in Arabidopsis is remarkable for understanding the plant’s response to pH and pH-dependent nutrient limitations. This study marks an important step forward in the search for pH sensors in plants, and sets the stage…

Aug 19

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RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice

By Isabel Agriculture, Climate change, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists recently.

Aug 18

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DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives

By Isabel Forestry, News, Plant Science

A new study shows that duplication events have been vitally important throughout the evolutionary history of gymnosperms, a diverse group of seed plants that includes pines, cypresses, sequoias, ginkgos and cycads. The research indicates that a genome duplication in the…

Aug 17

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How climate change and fires are shaping the forests of the future – Tracking future forest fires with AI

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science

As temperatures rise, the risk of devastating forest fires is increasing. Researchers are using artificial intelligence to estimate the long-term impact that an increased number of forest fires will have on forest ecosystems. Their simulations show how Yellowstone National Park…

Aug 16

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Climate change could increase costs of reproduction in plants, study finds

By Isabel Climate change, News

A new study sheds light on how plants respond to stressful environmental conditions presented by climate change. Researchers showed that plants grown in drier conditions simulating the effects of climate change exhibited higher costs of reproduction than those grown under…

Aug 13

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Remote Control for Plants

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Plant researchers have a potent new tool at disposal: Ia research team shows how to close the stomata of leaves using light pulses.

Aug 12

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Genome editing for food: how do people react?

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

A research team has investigated how people in five different countries react to various usages of genome editing in agriculture. The researchers looked at which uses are accepted and how the risks and benefits of the new breeding technologies are…

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Depth of perception: In plant cells, a conserved mechanism for perceiving mechanical force resides in unexpected location

Improving soil health starts with farmer-researcher collaboration

Microbes Play Role in Corn ‘Hybrid Vigor’

Identifying a putative pH switch associated with iron uptake in plants

RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice

DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives

How climate change and fires are shaping the forests of the future – Tracking future forest fires with AI

Climate change could increase costs of reproduction in plants, study finds

Remote Control for Plants

Genome editing for food: how do people react?

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