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Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

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.

Isabel17/05/2022

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

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…

Isabel16/05/2022

Forestry News

Science-based policy-making: New recommendations for forest pests and diseases management

Over the last century, emerging diseases have progressively been recognized by the scientific community as the main threat to forest ecosystems. With increasing international trade and globalization, the introduction of non-native species into new environments has exacerbated the problems of…

Isabel13/05/2022

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New Protein Discovery Reveals The Mechanisms of Nitrogen Assimilation in Plants

A collaborative research group has discovered the protein that inhibits the formation of organic nitrogen compounds in plants. This protein, if manipulated, could potentially be used to encourage plant growth, improving biomass production and crop harvests.

Isabel11/05/2022

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Spruce trees reconquered Sweden 10,000 after the ice age

A new study shows that it took more than 10 millennia from when the first spruces returned to Sweden after the glacial stage of the last Ice Age until the species became widespread. This sluggish rate of initial dispersal has…

Isabel10/05/2022

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Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

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

Science-based policy-making: New recommendations for forest pests and diseases management

New Protein Discovery Reveals The Mechanisms of Nitrogen Assimilation in Plants

Spruce trees reconquered Sweden 10,000 after the ice age

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