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Can This Forest Survive? Predicting Forest Death or Recovery After Drought

How long can trees tolerate drought before the forest dies? Researchers can now predict which forests could survive despite future drought. Their new method links precipitation to tree growth, and it can help people decide where to put their resources…

Isabel19/09/2023

Image: Cabbage white caterpillar eating an oilseed rape plant. Credit: Benjamin Fuchs/University of Turku

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Fungal–plant symbiosis offers a promising tool to boost crop resilience

Researchers inoculated oilseed rape plants with a species of fungus that is known for its ability to combat pest insects. Utilising the relationship between beneficial fungi and crop plants may introduce a new era of agriculture where the plant resilience…

Isabel18/09/2023

This cartoon model illustrates, for the first time, where and how the DDM1 protein (purple) grips onto DNA (beige) during cell division.

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How plants pass down genetic memories

Plant scientists team up to pinpoint the exact mechanism that controls epigenetic inheritance in plants. Their discovery could have implications for agriculture, food supplies, the environment, and our understanding of the human genome.

Isabel15/09/2023

Marchantia growing in nature © Prof. Hidefumi Shinohara, Fukui Prefectural University, Japan

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Immune defense as key for plants conquering land

A new study demonstrates that one of the two branches of plant immunity was likely to have evolved early during the establishment of plants on dry land. This insight into prehistoric plant immunity may have implications for breeding more resistant…

Isabel14/09/2023

Image: Morphological characteristics of Artemisia qingheensis. Credit: JIN Guangzhao

Botany Fruits and Vegetables News

Researchers Find New Species of Artemisia

Researchers have discovered a new species of Artemisia — Artemisia qingheensisin - in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Isabel13/09/2023

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Can This Forest Survive? Predicting Forest Death or Recovery After Drought

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