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Research team illuminates system by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times

A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants to asexually reproduce through creating clonal progenies. Furthermore, this transcription factor was revealed to have the same origin as those which regulate secondary…

Isabel18/11/2019

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Plant Health: prioritising the fight against 20 plant pests on the EU

The EU has published a list of 20 regulated quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, including Xylella fastidiosa, the Japanesebeetle, the Asian long-horned beetle, Citrus greening and Citrus Black Spot, whose economic, environmental and social impact on EU's territory is…

Isabel15/11/2019

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Communicating uncertainty about climate change

The ways climate scientists explain their predictions about the impact of global warming can either promote or limit their persuasiveness. The more specific climate scientists are about the uncertainties of global warming, the more the American public trusts their predictions,…

Isabel14/11/2019

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Photosynthesis olympics: can the best wheat varieties be even better?

Scientists have put elite wheat varieties through a sort of “Photosynthesis Olympics” to find which varieties have the best performing photosynthesis. This could ultimately help grain growers to get more yield for less inputs in the farm. “In this study…

Isabel13/11/2019

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Family of crop viruses revealed at high resolution for the first time

For the first-time we can take a molecular-level look at one of the world’s deadliest crop killers. The Luteoviridae are pathogenic plant viruses responsible for major crop losses worldwide. Transmitted by aphids, the viruses infect a wide range of food…

Isabel12/11/2019

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Research team illuminates system by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times

Plant Health: prioritising the fight against 20 plant pests on the EU

Communicating uncertainty about climate change

Photosynthesis olympics: can the best wheat varieties be even better?

Family of crop viruses revealed at high resolution for the first time

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