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Study Finds ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolutionary History of Carbon-Fixing Protein Rubisco

Researchers identify a unique version of a photosynthetic enzyme that has been in use for billions of years. A team of scientists has discovered an ancient form of rubisco, the most abundant enzyme on Earth and critical to life as…

Isabel06/11/2020

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Plant viruses hijack the defence system of plants, but researchers may be able to find a way to strike back

Recently discovered interactions between plant and viral proteins open up new avenues for making plants resistant to viruses, thus safeguarding crop yields in changing climate conditions.

Isabel05/11/2020

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Shattering expectations: Novel seed dispersal gene found in green millet

Researchers generated genome sequences for nearly 600 green millet plants and released a very high quality reference S. viridis genome sequence. Analysis of these plant genome sequences also led researchers to identify a gene related to seed dispersal in wild…

Isabel04/11/2020

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Efficient pollen identification

From pollen forecasting, honey analysis and climate-related changes in plant-pollinator interactions, analysing pollen plays an important role in many areas of research. Microscopy is still the gold standard, but it is very time consuming and requires considerable expertise. Scientists have…

Isabel03/11/2020

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Hand pollination increases cocoa yield and farmer income

Cocoa is in great demand on the world market, but there are many different ways to increase production. A research team has now investigated the relative importance of the use of pesticides, fertilisers and manual pollination in a well replicated…

Isabel02/11/2020

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Hand pollination increases cocoa yield and farmer income

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Study Finds ‘Missing Link’ in the Evolutionary History of Carbon-Fixing Protein Rubisco

Plant vir­uses hi­jack the de­fence sys­tem of plants, but re­search­ers may be able to find a way to strike back

Shattering expectations: Novel seed dispersal gene found in green millet

Efficient pollen identification

Hand pollination increases cocoa yield and farmer income

Plant viruses hijack the defence system of plants, but researchers may be able to find a way to strike back