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Jun 07

Photosynthesis unaffected by increasing carbon dioxide channels in plant membranes

By Isabel Australian National University, News, Plant Science

Modifying photosynthesis has increasingly been a research target to improve crop yields to feed a growing global population in the face of climate change and other environmental factors. In a recent study, a research team investigated the effects of increasing the amount…

Jun 06

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In poplars, two plant hormones boost each other in defense against pathogenic fungi

By Isabel News, Plant Health, Plant Science

In contrast to previous assumptions, the defense hormones salicylic acid and jasmonic acid do not always suppress each other in regulating plant chemical defenses against pests and pathogens. In trees, the interplay of both hormones can actually increase plant resistance.…

Jun 02

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Lighting the Tunnel of Plant Evolution: Scientists Explore Importance of Two-Pore Channels in Plants

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Researchers explore the functional significance of different types of two-pore channels in a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha.

May 31

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Finding the best lentil varieties for every farm

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

Not all lentils are created equal. Lentil genetics can affect both the quality and yield of lentil crops. Environmental factors – like rainfall and soil conditions – can also impact lentil crops. Even the same lentil variety can have vastly…

May 30

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‘Extreme’ plants grow faster when faced by stress

By Isabel News, Plant Science

When faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most plants try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves and roots and close up their pores to hold in water. If circumstances don’t improve, they eventually die.…

May 26

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Scientists discover evidence of major genes influencing flowering time in chickpeas

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Flowering time in chickpeas’ wild relatives is influenced by one to three major genes, according to new research.

May 23

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Fossilized pollen may reveal “fingerprints” of environmental stress

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

Airborne pollen may induce annoying congestion for some, but a new paper shows that these grains may provide a new way of looking at the climate over 300 million years into the fossil record.

May 17

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Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

By Isabel News, Plant Science

A new study describes a breakthrough in the quest to improve photosynthesis in certain crops, a step toward adapting plants to rapid climate changes and increasing yields to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050.

May 16

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Lost South American wildflower named “extinctus” rediscovered (but still endangered)

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

For a tropical wildflower first described by scientists in 2000, the scientific name “extinctus” was a warning. The orange wildflower had been found 15 years earlier in an Ecuadorian forest that had since been largely destroyed; the scientists who named…

May 12

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Gametophytes are ready for their close up: Methods used to study obscure sexual portion of plant life cycle

By Isabel Blog, Botany, Plant Science

Despite their obscurity, gametophytes are vital to our understanding of biodiversity and to the successful implementation of conservation strategies.

Plant Science

Photosynthesis unaffected by increasing carbon dioxide channels in plant membranes

In poplars, two plant hormones boost each other in defense against pathogenic fungi

Lighting the Tunnel of Plant Evolution: Scientists Explore Importance of Two-Pore Channels in Plants

Finding the best lentil varieties for every farm

‘Extreme’ plants grow faster when faced by stress

Scientists discover evidence of major genes influencing flowering time in chickpeas

Fossilized pollen may reveal “fingerprints” of environmental stress

Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

Lost South American wildflower named “extinctus” rediscovered (but still endangered)

Gametophytes are ready for their close up: Methods used to study obscure sexual portion of plant life cycle

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