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

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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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Climate change News Plant Science

How trees influence cloud formation

Researchers have identified sesquiterpenes – gaseous hydrocarbons that are released by plants – as being a major factor in cloud formation. This finding could reduce uncertainties in climate models and help make more accurate predictions.

Isabel02/10/2023

Agriculture Fruits and Vegetables News

Agriculture study delivers unexpected results: Cover crops and roots

Farmers usually plant so-called cover crops after harvesting their main crop in the Fall. This prevents erosion of the soil and nutrient leaching. The roots of these crops also stabilize the structure of the soil. It had been assumed up…

Isabel29/09/2023

Image: Agriculture relies on community performance. Researchers from IPK Leibniz Institute have investigated how the behavior of an individual wheat plant under limiting light conditions influences the performance of the whole community. Credit: IPK Leibniz Institute/ T. Schnurbusch

Agriculture News

How does the social behavior of wheat plants influence grain production?

Researchers have investigated how the behavior of an individual wheat plant under limiting light conditions influences the performance of the whole community. They assessed morphological and biomass phenotypes of single plants grown in mixtures under sunlight and a simulated canopy…

Isabel28/09/2023

Image: A 3D image of nasturtium xyloglucan xyloglucosyl transferase with bound substrate reactants. Credit: University of Adelaide

News Plant Science

Engineering of plant cell wall modifying enzymes opens new horizons

A newly discovered way of optimising plant enzymes through bioengineering has increased knowledge of how plant material can be converted into biofuels, biochemicals and other high-value products.

Isabel27/09/2023

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

How trees influence cloud formation

Agriculture study delivers unexpected results: Cover crops and roots

How does the social behavior of wheat plants influence grain production?

Engineering of plant cell wall modifying enzymes opens new horizons

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