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Richness of plant species reduces the number of viral infections in meadows

A new study indicates that agricultural activity confuses the mechanisms that regulate the occurrence of plant diseases in nature. A wider variety of virus species was found in meadows close to agricultural fields compared to those located in natural surroundings,…

Isabel10/03/2021

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Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease

Treatment causes deadly bacterium to leak and die New research affirms a unique peptide found in an Australian plant can destroy the No. 1 killer of citrus trees worldwide and help prevent infection. Huanglongbing, HLB, or citrus greening has multiple…

Isabel09/03/2021

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Role of WOX1 in Compound Leaf Development Revealed

Plant-specific WOX family transcription factors play important roles ranging from embryogenesis to lateral organ development. The WOX1 transcription factors, which belong to the modern clade of the WOX family, are known to regulate outgrowth of the leaf blade specifically in…

Isabel08/03/2021

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Researchers explain the expression of self-pollinating flowers

People often thing of flowers as a bright and showy splash of contrasting colors. But some plant species actually produce two types of flowers: normal ones with a colorful appearance, and "runts" that are small, never open. Why do some…

Isabel05/03/2021

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Photosynthesis: our best bet to create a food secure world

Agriculture plays a key role towards providing food for the planet but it is also expected to be one of the world’s most impacted areas from climate change. Improving photosynthesis might be our best option to achieve global food security…

Isabel04/03/2021

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Researchers reveal potential mechanism of phosphorus acquisition of subtropical forests

Researchers have revealed a potential mechanism of phosphorus acquisition by plants during succession of subtropical forests, according to a study recently published.

Isabel02/03/2021

Botany News Plant Science

Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought

In northern Canada, the forest floor is carpeted with reindeer lichens. They look like a moss made of tiny gray branches, but they’re stranger than that: they’re composite organisms, a fungus and algae living together as one. They’re a major…

Isabel01/03/2021

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Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

New research has revealed how an invasion of the alien evergreen tree, Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to irrigate cotton and sugarcane generating some US$ 320 million and…

Isabel26/02/2021

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New study unravels Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ surrounding origin of flowering plants

The origin of flowering plants famously puzzled Charles Darwin, who described their sudden appearance in the fossil record from relatively recent geological times as an “abominable mystery”. This mystery has further deepened with an inexplicable discrepancy between the relatively recent…

Isabel25/02/2021

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Integrating maths and plant science to explain how plant roots generate a hormone gradient

A research team that developed a biosensor that first recorded that a distinct gradient of the plant growth hormone gibberellin correlated with plant cell size has now revealed how this distribution pattern is created in roots.

Isabel24/02/2021

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Richness of plant species reduces the number of viral infections in meadows

Researchers find peptide that treats, prevents killer citrus disease

Role of WOX1 in Compound Leaf Development Revealed

Researchers explain the expression of self-pollinating flowers

Photosynthesis: our best bet to create a food secure world

Researchers reveal potential mechanism of phosphorus acquisition of subtropical forests

Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thought

Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods

New study unravels Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’ surrounding origin of flowering plants

Integrating maths and plant science to explain how plant roots generate a hormone gradient

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