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Scientists discover evidence of major genes influencing flowering time in chickpeas

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

Isabel26/05/2022

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Newly Discovered Protein in Fungus Bypasses Plant Defenses

A protein that allows the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of scientists.

Isabel25/05/2022

Botany News Plant Science

Fossilized pollen may reveal “fingerprints” of environmental stress

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.

Isabel23/05/2022

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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

Botany News Plant Science

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

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Scientists discover evidence of major genes influencing flowering time in chickpeas

Newly Discovered Protein in Fungus Bypasses Plant Defenses

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)

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