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Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

European old-growth forests are estimated to occupy only 0.7% of the total forested area; they are of prime ecological value, representing small vestiges of how Europe's past primeval forest may have looked. In addition, old-growth forests provide various and important…

Isabel21/09/2021

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Discovery of mobile disease detectors in plants could boost crop resilience

Many important crop plants can be devastated by pathogens including bacteria, fungi and viruses. Knowing exactly how some plants respond could give researchers the information to breed crops with the best disease-fighting power or even design new and improved immune…

Isabel17/09/2021

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Dynamics of genome evolution shape diversification of fern lineages

Ferns are the second most species rich lineages of land plants and highly suitable to test the association between genome diversity and lineage diversification. Many studies have recovered substantial differences in genome diversity. However, less attention has been given to ferns.

Isabel16/09/2021

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Sensor that detects hydrogen peroxide in living plant cells

aching and disinfecting agent. However, it is also constantly produced in living cells. Often as a byproduct of biological processes, sometimes intentionally, for example to kill pathogens. It is also thought that H2O2 plays an important role as a signaling…

Isabel15/09/2021

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Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

Research shows that multi-species mixtures out-yielded perennial ryegrass monocultures receiving double the amount of fertiliser.The most productive swards were a combination of species from the three functional groups of grasses, legumes and herbs. With legume proportion between 30 and 70%,…

Isabel14/09/2021

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Plants evolved ability to actively control water-loss earlier than previously thought

New research has shed light on when plants first evolved the ability to respond to changing humidity in the air around them, and was probably a feature of a common ancestor of both flowering plants and ferns.

Isabel10/09/2021

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Tree fecundity and biological aging

Researchers have concluded that tree fecundity peaks or plateaus when trees reach adult size, and then begins to decline. The study examines 597 species from more than 500 sites in North America, South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. This work…

Isabel09/09/2021

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Unique insight into the interior of the Arabidopsis photosynthesis machine

For the first time, researchers have, with the help of cryogenic electron microscopy, succeeded in producing a high-resolution image of photosystem II - the central complex of photosynthesis - of the model plant Arabidopsis. The enormous complex is responsible for…

Isabel08/09/2021

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Study reveals how genes influence leaf architecture

A recent study by researchers has shed light on how simple leaves – one of the two basic forms of leaves – develop in a plant.

Isabel07/09/2021

Botany News Plant Science

New carnivorous plant must balance trapping prey and being pollinated

Triantha occidentalis makes its home in wetlands and bogs from Alaska to California and inland to Montana. In the summer, it shoots up tall flowering stems coated with sticky hairs that trap small insects like gnats and midges. The scientists discovered…

Isabel03/09/2021

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Mediterranean old-growth forests exhibit resistance to climate warming

Discovery of mobile disease detectors in plants could boost crop resilience

Dynamics of genome evolution shape diversification of fern lineages

Sensor that detects hydrogen peroxide in living plant cells

Plant diversity in grasslands: Multi-species swards outperform even in drought conditions

Plants evolved ability to actively control water-loss earlier than previously thought

Tree fecundity and biological aging

Unique insight into the interior of the Arabidopsis photosynthesis machine

Study reveals how genes influence leaf architecture

New carnivorous plant must balance trapping prey and being pollinated

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