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Image: Yew tree with fruits. Paclitaxel and its precursors are produced in the needles and bark of various trees in the Taxus genus. Credit: Alexa / Pixabay

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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

Image: Simple road going through a diverse forest. Credit: jusuf111 / Pixabay

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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

Image: (From left to right) Dr Omkar Kulkarni, currently a research scientist at the L’Oréal – SCELSE joint lab; Samantha Phua, PhD student at NUS and SCELSE; and Assoc Prof Sanjay Swarup, Principal Investigator at the Research Centre on Sustainable Urban Farming (SUrF) under the NUS Faculty of Science and Deputy Research Director at SCELSE. Credit: SCELSE

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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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Sugar permeation discovered in plant aquaporins

Aquaporins, which move water through membranes of plant cells, were not thought to be able to permeate sugar molecules, but researchers have observed sucrose transport in plant aquaporins for the first time, challenging this theory.

Isabel02/01/2024

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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%

Sugar permeation discovered in plant aquaporins

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