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Jan 27

A plant’s way to its favorite food

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays a major role in plant growth and development, thereby affecting agricultural productivity. Scientists were now able to show, how plants adjust their root growth to…

Jan 26

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Scientists Discover Plants’ Roadblock to Specialty Oil Production

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Hundreds of naturally occurring specialty fatty acids (building blocks of oils) have potential for use as raw materials for making lubricants, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and more—if they could be produced at large scale by crop plants. But attempts to put genes…

Jan 25

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The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?

By Isabel News, Plant Health

People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on potatoes, but has no effect at all on plants like apple or cucumber. How are apple trees and…

Jan 22

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Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa

By Isabel Climate change, Forestry, News

Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in the tropics.

Jan 21

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Flag leaves could help top off photosynthetic performance in rice

By Isabel IRRI, News, Plant Science

The flag leaf is the last to emerge, indicating the transition from crop growth to grain production. Photosynthesis in this leaf provides the majority of the carbohydrates needed for grain filling—so it is the most important leaf for yield potential.…

Jan 20

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Climate warming linked to tree leaf unfolding and flowering growing apart

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science

Climate warming is linked to a widening interval between leaf unfolding and flowering in European trees, with implications for tree fitness and the wider environment, according to new research.

Jan 19

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Droughts, viruses and road networks: Trends that will impact our forests

By Isabel Forestry, News

A new study assembled an array of experts to highlight major trends that will impact the world's forests, and the people living around them, in the decade ahead; these trends include drought, viral outbreaks and vast infrastructure expansions across.

Jan 18

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Plants can be larks or night owls just like us

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in humans, according to new research that explores the genes governing circadian rhythms in plants.

Jan 15

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Green Revolution Saved Over 100 Million Infant Lives in Developing World, Yet Could Go Further

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

New research shows that since modern crop varieties were introduced in the developing world starting in 1961, they have substantially reduced infant mortality, especially for male babies and among poor households.

Jan 14

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Ancient DNA Continues To Rewrite Corn’s 9,000-Year Society-Shaping History

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Some 9,000 years ago, corn as it is known today did not exist. Ancient peoples in southwestern Mexico encountered a wild grass called teosinte that offered ears smaller than a pinky finger with just a handful of stony kernels. But…

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A plant’s way to its favorite food

Scientists Discover Plants’ Roadblock to Specialty Oil Production

The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?

Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa

Flag leaves could help top off photosynthetic performance in rice

Climate warming linked to tree leaf unfolding and flowering growing apart

Droughts, viruses and road networks: Trends that will impact our forests

Plants can be larks or night owls just like us

Green Revolution Saved Over 100 Million Infant Lives in Developing World, Yet Could Go Further

Ancient DNA Continues To Rewrite Corn’s 9,000-Year Society-Shaping History

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