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Tiny Conservation Heroes: Wild Cherry Blossoms Could Save Forest Landscapes

Researchers find that local community perceptions of ecosystem services provided by symbolic wild cherry trees could be used in community-based management and conservation of traditional forest landscapes in Japan.

Isabel05/07/2022

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Poisonous hogweed infestation threatens to envelop European Russia by mid-21st century

Researchers are forecasting that by 2040-60, Sosnowsky’s hogweed will likely exploit global warming to expand its habitat, threatening to infest almost the entire European part of Russia.

Isabel01/07/2022

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Researchers Reveal Global Biogeographical Patterns and Correlates of Floral Longevity

The length of time a flower remained open (i.e., from anthesis to flower senescence) is called floral longevity. Floral longevity has been considered as one of the most important reproductive traits as it determines opportunities for pollen dispersal and capture…

Isabel30/06/2022

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A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.

Isabel29/06/2022

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No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop

In a recent study a team of researchers tested the potential for increased plant productivity and intrinsic water-use efficiency through the overexpression of inorganic carbon transporter B (ictB) in field-grown tobacco. However, their results showed no significant difference between the…

Isabel27/06/2022

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Tiny Conservation Heroes: Wild Cherry Blossoms Could Save Forest Landscapes

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A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

No photosynthetic improvement in ictB transformants in field-grown model crop

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