News

Botany News

New Subspecies of Begonia Reported from Philippines

Mt. Timolan Protected Landscape is one of the declared protected areas of the Philippines and is characterized by a variety of habitats. The presence of various microhabitats is reflected in the diversity of flora and fauna found there. However, limited…

Isabel23/09/2022

News Plant Health Plant Science

Plant Immune Systems Can Adapt to Non-Living Environmental Stressors, a New Study Reveals

When we think of plants, the phrase “stressed out" doesn't typically come to mind. They are, after all, exempt from paying bills and tackling existential questions. However, environmental changes—both living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic)—generate significant stressors for plants. New methods…

Isabel22/09/2022

Agriculture Forestry News

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

Agriculture drives more than 90 percent of tropical deforestation. Halting deforestation will require a step-change in approach and to be effective measures must address underlying and indirect roles of agriculture, says a new study.

Isabel21/09/2022

News Plant Science

How light and temperature work together to affect plant growth

Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand it. Now, scientists have discovered that two plant factors -- the protein PIF7 and the growth hormone auxin -- are…

Isabel20/09/2022

Forestry News

Fast-growing poplars can release land for food production

Researchers have developed a novel value chain for production of textile and bio-fuel from fast-growing poplars. By applying sustainable catalysis on these poplars grown on marginal land in Nordic climates, the demand for cotton can be reduced. Consequently, considerable areas…

Isabel16/09/2022

Are you an early-career researcher?

New Subspecies of Begonia Reported from Philippines

Plant Immune Systems Can Adapt to Non-Living Environmental Stressors, a New Study Reveals

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

How light and temperature work together to affect plant growth

Fast-growing poplars can release land for food production

Upcoming Events

Popular Within Last Month

Recent publications

Search

Search

News

Are you an early-career researcher?

New Subspecies of Begonia Reported from Philippines

​​​Plant Immune Systems Can Adapt to Non-Living Environmental Stressors, a New Study Reveals​

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

How light and temperature work together to affect plant growth

Fast-growing poplars can release land for food production

Plant Immune Systems Can Adapt to Non-Living Environmental Stressors, a New Study Reveals