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Scientists connected fragments of pine savanna and new species keep showing up

Before Europeans arrived in America, longleaf pine savannas sprawled across 90 million acres from present-day Florida to Texas and Virginia. Today, thanks to human impacts, less than 3 percent of that acreage remains, and what’s left exists in fragmented patches…

Isabel16/10/2019

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New key protein function found in plants that will help develop drought-resistant crops

Researchers have discovered a new function of one of the plant’s proteins – BAG4. In their study, they show that this protein takes part in regulating the plant’s breathability, the transporting of potassium to occlusive cells and, therefore, the opening…

Isabel15/10/2019

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New research reveals soil microbes play a key role in plant disease resistance

Scientists have discovered that soil microbes can make tomato plants more resistant to Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum--- opening new possibilities for sustainable food production.

Isabel14/10/2019

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The sequence of the almond tree and peach tree genomes makes it possible to understand the differences of the fruits and seeds of these closely related species

Almond and the peach are two well-known tree species, since humans have been eating their fruit (peach) or seed (almond) for thousands of years. New research shows that the movement of the transposons could lie at the origin of the…

Isabel11/10/2019

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Two Ginger Species Reported New to Myanmar

Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of flowering plants, consists of 53 genera and more than 1,377 species. Amomum is the second largest genus in the family Zingiberaceae with about 150–180 species. During floristic surveys of northern Myanmar 2016-2018, researchers found some…

Isabel10/10/2019

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Scientists connected fragments of pine savanna and new species keep showing up

New key protein function found in plants that will help develop drought-resistant crops

New research reveals soil microbes play a key role in plant disease resistance

The sequence of the almond tree and peach tree genomes makes it possible to understand the differences of the fruits and seeds of these closely related species

Two Ginger Species Reported New to Myanmar

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