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New Insights into Climate Response of Coniferous Forest Ecosystems

New research has made significant strides in understanding how coniferous forest ecosystems may respond to climatic changes. The study investigates the relationship between tree-ring indices (TRI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in the context of climate, topography, and…

Isabel09/01/2024

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Biosynthesis of paclitaxel unravelled

Part of modern cancer therapy is the use of chemicals that kill the tumor. Unfortunately, these chemicals are often very complex, difficult to obtain and thus expensive. Researchers have unravelled the biosynthetic pathway of paclitaxel in Yew plants. This discovery…

Isabel08/01/2024

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New study on the link between biodiversity and climate: How forests smell – a risk for the climate?

Plants emit odours for a variety of reasons, such as to communicate with each other, to deter herbivores or to respond to changing environmental conditions. An interdisciplinary team of researchers carried out a study to investigate how biodiversity influences the…

Isabel05/01/2024

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Transforming rice phenotyping: Advanced deep learning models enhance panicle analysis and nitrogen impact studies

Rice, vital for global food security, faces production challenges during the heading-flowering stage. Traditional phenotyping struggles for large-scale analysis, prompting a shift to advanced computer vision and deep learning. While methods like SIFT and neural networks enhance rice panicle analysis,…

Isabel04/01/2024

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A plant hormone could boost plant growth by 30%

In a study conducted over five years from 2018, scientists discovered that a well-known protective hormone typically released by plants above ground during periods of stress – a volatile organic compound (VOC) known as methyl jasmonate (MeJA) – possessed a…

Isabel03/01/2024

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New Insights into Climate Response of Coniferous Forest Ecosystems

Biosynthesis of paclitaxel unravelled

New study on the link between biodiversity and climate: How forests smell – a risk for the climate?

Transforming rice phenotyping: Advanced deep learning models enhance panicle analysis and nitrogen impact studies

A plant hormone could boost plant growth by 30%

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