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Smithsonian Study Finds More ‘Losers’ Than ‘Winners’ Among Plants in the Age of Humans

Researchers Categorized More Than 80,000 Plant Species as Winners or Losers According to Their Ability To Survive as Humans Shape the Future.

Isabel04/04/2022

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Getting to the root of how to grow cowpea in difficult conditions

Cowpea is an important crop in many parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa. It is resilient and can grow in areas with little rainfall and low-quality soils. But as hardy as it is, cowpea yields can decrease by drought…

Isabel01/04/2022

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Gene Regulates Positive and Negative Immune Responses in Plants

In a discovery important for agriculture and food safety, scientists report the genetic regulation of a model plant's immune response.

Isabel31/03/2022

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How Plants Make Aerial Roots

Roots are normally associated with things that live underground, in the damp and the dark. Think of turnips, radishes and yams. However, many plants make their roots above ground. Ivy uses its roots to climb on buildings and the mighty…

Isabel30/03/2022

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Study IDs 1,000+ mislabeled, overlooked gene fragments in plants

Researchers have overlooked especially minuscule gene fragments that are critical to the assembly of cellular machinery and could help better trace the evolutionary history of plants, says a new study.

Isabel29/03/2022

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Smithsonian Study Finds More ‘Losers’ Than ‘Winners’ Among Plants in the Age of Humans

Getting to the root of how to grow cowpea in difficult conditions

Gene Regulates Positive and Negative Immune Responses in Plants

How Plants Make Aerial Roots

Study IDs 1,000+ mislabeled, overlooked gene fragments in plants

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