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A plant’s way to its favorite food

Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays a major role in plant growth and development, thereby affecting agricultural productivity. Scientists were now able to show, how plants adjust their root growth to…

Isabel27/01/2021

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Scientists Discover Plants’ Roadblock to Specialty Oil Production

Hundreds of naturally occurring specialty fatty acids (building blocks of oils) have potential for use as raw materials for making lubricants, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and more—if they could be produced at large scale by crop plants. But attempts to put genes…

Isabel26/01/2021

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The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?

People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on potatoes, but has no effect at all on plants like apple or cucumber. How are apple trees and…

Isabel25/01/2021

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Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa

Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect decreases in forest cover in the tropics.

Isabel22/01/2021

IRRI News Plant Science

Flag leaves could help top off photosynthetic performance in rice

The flag leaf is the last to emerge, indicating the transition from crop growth to grain production. Photosynthesis in this leaf provides the majority of the carbohydrates needed for grain filling—so it is the most important leaf for yield potential.…

Isabel21/01/2021

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