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Sep 23

The flower clock: How a small protein helps flowers to develop right and on time

By Isabel News, Plant Science

How flowers form properly within a limited time frame has been a mystery. Now researchers have found that KNUCKLES, a small multi-functional protein, supports the correct timing of floral development for the proper formation of flower reproductive organs

Sep 22

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Chloroplast genome of acanthochlamys bracteata (China) and xerophyta (Africa) completed

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Velloziaceae is a monocot family that is made up of five genera and c. 250 species with a disjunct distribution in Africa mainland, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, China and South America. They are recognized as the largest lineage of vascular plants that can tolerate…

Sep 21

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Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

By Isabel Forestry, News, Plant Science

European old-growth forests are estimated to occupy only 0.7% of the total forested area; they are of prime ecological value, representing small vestiges of how Europe's past primeval forest may have looked. In addition, old-growth forests provide various and important…

Sep 20

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Meet our #plantscistory2021 storytellers: Maria Park

By Isabel Blog, ECRi, Plant Science, Science communication

This is the third post of the series, celebrating the brilliant winners of the #plantscistory2021 contest and their stories. Maria Park is a PhD Student at the University of Minnesota. Her interests are forest biodiversity loss, plant ecophysiology, climate change,…

Sep 17

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Discovery of mobile disease detectors in plants could boost crop resilience

By Isabel News, Plant Health, Plant Science

Many important crop plants can be devastated by pathogens including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Knowing exactly how some plants respond could give researchers the information to breed crops with the best disease-fighting power or even design new and improved immune…

Sep 16

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Dynamics of genome evolution shape diversification of fern lineages

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

Ferns are the second most species rich lineages of land plants and highly suitable to test the association between genome diversity and lineage diversification. Many studies have recovered substantial differences in genome diversity. However, less attention has been given to ferns.

Sep 15

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Sensor that detects hydrogen peroxide in living plant cells

By Isabel News, Plant Science

aching and disinfecting agent. However, it is also constantly produced in living cells. Often as a byproduct of biological processes, sometimes intentionally, for example to kill pathogens. It is also thought that H2O2 plays an important role as a signaling…

Sep 14

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Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science

Research shows that multi-species mixtures out-yielded perennial ryegrass monocultures receiving double the amount of fertiliser.The most productive swards were a combination of species from the three functional groups of grasses, legumes and herbs. With legume proportion between 30 and 70%,…

Sep 10

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Plants evolved ability to actively control water-loss earlier than previously thought

By Isabel News, Plant Science

New research has shed light on when plants first evolved the ability to respond to changing humidity in the air around them, and was probably a feature of a common ancestor of both flowering plants and ferns.

Sep 09

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Tree fecundity and biological aging

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

Researchers have concluded that tree fecundity peaks or plateaus when trees reach adult size, and then begins to decline. The study examines 597 species from more than 500 sites in North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. This work…

Plant Science

The flower clock: How a small protein helps flowers to develop right and on time

Chloroplast genome of acanthochlamys bracteata (China) and xerophyta (Africa) completed

Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

Meet our #plantscistory2021 storytellers: Maria Park

Discovery of mobile disease detectors in plants could boost crop resilience

Dynamics of genome evolution shape diversification of fern lineages

Sensor that detects hydrogen peroxide in living plant cells

Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

Plants evolved ability to actively control water-loss earlier than previously thought

Tree fecundity and biological aging

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