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Image: Penstemon barbatus flowering in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona. Credit: C. Wessinger (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
A few essential genetic differences tailor flowers to bee or hummingbird pollinators NewsPlant Science

A few essential genetic differences tailor flowers to bee or hummingbird pollinators

Plants that rely on animal pollinators, such as insects or birds, have evolved distinctive suites of flower characteristics—known as "pollination syndromes"—that are tailored to the pollinator. Large differences in flower characteristics between wildflowers with different pollinators are achieved by a…
Isabel
24/10/2023
Image: close up of thin crop roots. Credit: Brigitte Werner / Pixabay
Genetically engineering associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing microbes could lessen dependence on synthetic fertilizer AgricultureNewsPlant Science

Genetically engineering associations between plants and nitrogen-fixing microbes could lessen dependence on synthetic fertilizer

Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, but the overuse of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture is not sustainable. In a review article a team of bacteriologists and plant scientists discuss the possibility of using genetic engineering to facilitate…
Isabel
23/10/2023