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Novel hormone discovery provides new insight into the evolution of plant structure

An international study has discovered a stem-cell promoting hormone in the liverwort Marchantia polymopha. Marchantia, a common liverwort, is a representative of an ancient lineage of plants. Their evolutionary history presents researchers with an excellent opportunity to explore the fundamental…

Isabel24/08/2020

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Site-directed mutagenesis in wheat via haploid induction by maize

A new study demonstrates how site-directed mutagenesis can be achieved in virtually any wheat germplasm of choice by intergeneric pollination of wheat with cas9/guide-RNA (gRNA)-transgenic maize.

Isabel21/08/2020

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Researchers develop gene regulation strategies for plants

A team of scientists has developed two strategies based on trans-acting small interfering RNAs (syn-tasiRNAs) to modulate the level of silencing induced by a plant’s genes.

Isabel20/08/2020

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Timing key in understanding plant microbiomes

Researchers have made a key advance in understanding how timing impacts the way microorganisms colonize plants, a step that could provide farmers an important tool to boost agricultural production.

Isabel18/08/2020

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Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens

First spotted in the United States in 2014, bacterial leaf streak of corn is an emerging disease of corn that has now spread to ten states, including the top three corn-producing states of Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.

Isabel17/08/2020

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Back to the future: new study could lead to bumper crops

Research could lead to major improvements in crop production. The new study shows a new way to help study and ramp up photosynthesis. The breakthrough is based on revisiting an original, billion-year-old strategy in plants. It looks specifically at rubisco…

Isabel13/08/2020

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A biologist and a historian are looking for art to trace fruit and vegetable evolution

Plant geneticists seeking to understand the history of the plants we eat can decode the genomes of ancient crops from rare, well-preserved samples. However, this approach leaves significant gaps in the timelines of where and when many modern-day fruits, vegetables,…

Isabel12/08/2020

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Space to grow, or grow in space – how vertical farms could be ready to take-off

Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi, but there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates.

Isabel11/08/2020

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Research: Crop Plants Are Taking Up Microplastics

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters in length, can now be found throughout the ocean and other aquatic ecosystems, and even in our seafood and salt. As microplastics have become ubiquitous, scientists have become concerned about their transfer…

Isabel10/08/2020

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High-Throughput Sequencing tracks historical spread of grapevine viruses

Grapevine is infected by more than 90 viruses, with new viral species discovered yearly as a result of the newer technology introduced by High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS). Within the last decade, HTS is used for virome identification (the assemblage of viral…

Isabel07/08/2020

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Novel hormone discovery provides new insight into the evolution of plant structure

Site-directed mutagenesis in wheat via haploid induction by maize

Researchers develop gene regulation strategies for plants

Timing key in understanding plant microbiomes

Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens

Back to the future: new study could lead to bumper crops

A biologist and a historian are looking for art to trace fruit and vegetable evolution

Space to grow, or grow in space – how vertical farms could be ready to take-off

Research: Crop Plants Are Taking Up Microplastics

High-Throughput Sequencing tracks historical spread of grapevine viruses

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