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Natural GM crops: grasses take evolutionary shortcut by borrowing genes from their neighbours

Grasses transfer genes from their neighbours in the same way genetically modified crops are made, a new study has revealed.

Isabel01/11/2023

Image: The orange hawkweed is native to the Alps of Austria, but grows wild from gardens in many parts of Europe. Credit: Franz Essl

Climate change News Plant Science

Non-native plants migrate north as climate change advances, study finds

As climate change progresses, the chance of southern plant species spreading to northern regions increases. In Europe and America, many of the alien plant species come from their own continent. They usually originate in warmer regions closer to the equator—a…

Isabel31/10/2023

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Agriculture News

AI drones to help farmers optimize vegetable yields

For reasons of food security and economic incentive, farmers continuously seek to maximize their marketable crop yields. As plants grow inconsistently, at the time of harvesting, there will inevitably be variations in quality and size of individual crops. Finding the…

Isabel30/10/2023

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How new plant cell walls change their mechanical properties after cell division

Scientists have revealed new plant cell walls can have significantly different mechanical properties compared to surrounding parental cell walls, enabling cells to change their local shape and influence the growth of plant organs.

Isabel26/10/2023

CEPLAS News

Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease

A chloroplast enzyme safeguards plants against pathological protein aggregation that causes Huntington’s and other neurodegenerative diseases / new research may have found a way to “copy” the mechanism for application in human cells.

Isabel25/10/2023

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Natural GM crops: grasses take evolutionary shortcut by borrowing genes from their neighbours

Non-native plants migrate north as climate change advances, study finds

AI drones to help farmers optimize vegetable yields

How new plant cell walls change their mechanical properties after cell division

Plant chloroplasts promise potential therapy for Huntington’s disease

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