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Green growth loses favour with climate policy scientists

Despite strong promotion of green growth perspective by a variety of policymakers and international institutions, a new article reveals widespread scepticism among climate policy researchers in high-income countries.

Isabel09/10/2023

Image: Autumn leaves of wild grapevine that grows on salty soil. KIT researchers studied how that works. Credit: Maren Riemann, KIT.

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Researchers Study Salt Tolerance of Wild Grapevine to Make Crops More Resilient

Rising sea levels due to climate change and artificial irrigation cause soil salinity to increase. This has a negative impact on agriculture, including viticulture. The plants die, yields decrease. Researchers have therefore studied a wild grapevine of higher salt tolerance.…

Isabel06/10/2023

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Agriculture News Plant Science

Disease-resistant plants may modulate disease susceptibility in their neighbors

Researchers discovered a form of social immunity in wheat and rice. Disease susceptibility in wheat and rice is modulated not only by genetic resistance traits, but also by interactions with neighbouring plants of the same species. The findings, show that…

Isabel05/10/2023

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Agriculture Fruits and Vegetables News

You say tomato, these scientists say evolutionary mystery

Biologists have found evidence for evolutionary “syndromes”—sets of traits that occur together—that help to explain how tomatoes first evolved their distinctive blend of color, sweetness, acidity and aroma. The research, not only shines a light on how fruits evolve in…

Isabel04/10/2023

Image: Magnolia × soulangeana flowers. Credit: Zp in Wikimedia

Botany News

Nature’s great survivors: Flowering plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs

Researchers study track how “flower power” survived mass extinction 66 million years ago to become the dominant plant type.

Isabel03/10/2023

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Green growth loses favour with climate policy scientists

Researchers Study Salt Tolerance of Wild Grapevine to Make Crops More Resilient

Disease-resistant plants may modulate disease susceptibility in their neighbors

You say tomato, these scientists say evolutionary mystery

Nature’s great survivors: Flowering plants survived the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs

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