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Bucket brigades and proton gates: Researchers shed new light on water’s role in photosynthesis

Photosystem II is a protein in plants, algae and cyanobacteria that uses sunlight to break water down into its atomic components, unlocking hydrogen and oxygen. A longstanding question about this process is how water molecules are funneled into the center of…

Isabel17/12/2021

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Africa’s “Green Wall” also makes economic sense

Years ago, the African Union decided on an ambitious program: degraded ecosystems in parts of the Sahel are to be successively restored in order to secure food for the people living there and to protect the soil against further degradation.…

Isabel16/12/2021

Forestry News

The challenge of forest restoration: Where to obtain tens of billions of quality seeds

With commitments to restore more than 47.5 million hectares of degraded land and forests by 2030, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India hope to become exemplar land custodians. While commitments ending deforestation are critical to obtaining that image—Indonesia is one…

Isabel13/12/2021

Agriculture News Plant Science

Scientists have developed new gene-edited barley that could better your beer

After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer may be faced with the unpredictable problem of untimely sprouting of barley. Sprouted barley fetches considerably low market prices and poses an economic burden on farmers and corporations…

Isabel10/12/2021

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Research Finds Key Advances Towards Reducing the Cost of Plant Improvement

valuable trait. Some major examples of crops with these so-called “transgenes” include disease-resistant cotton and beta-carotene-enhanced golden rice. However, when foreign DNA is introduced into a host organism, a natural defensive response in plants is to repress or silence the…

Isabel09/12/2021

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Bucket brigades and proton gates: Researchers shed new light on water’s role in photosynthesis

Africa’s “Green Wall” also makes economic sense

The challenge of forest restoration: Where to obtain tens of billions of quality seeds

Scientists have developed new gene-edited barley that could better your beer

Research Finds Key Advances Towards Reducing the Cost of Plant Improvement

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