A Roadmap for Gene Regulation in Plants
A novel approach to synthetic biology could revolutionize how scientists improve plants for bioenergy and agriculture.
Isabel17/07/2023
Developing rice varieties resistant to a bacterial disease outbreak in Africa
An international research consortium is developing disease-resistant rice varieties. In the scientific journal eLife, the authors now report on the discovery of a recent bacterial outbreak in Tanzania – and describe how they modified an African rice variety to make…
Isabel14/07/2023
Research explores rare heat patterns in plants in largest study of its kind
In a new study researchers have developed new approaches to compare and investigate the ability of plants in the genus Amorphophallus to produce their own heat, exploring the highly varied temperature patterns and their evolutionary significance.
Isabel13/07/2023
AI reveals hidden traits about our planet’s flora to help save species
Scientists have trained AI to unlock data from millions of plant specimens kept in herbaria around the world, to study and combat the impacts of climate change on flora.
Isabel12/07/2023
Adapting to climate change: Researchers find natural gene variant that allows barley to flower earlier
A tiny mutation in the genetic material of barley ensures that those plants develop faster and thus flower earlier than established barley varieties. At the same time, plant yields remain the same. According to the researchers, this is advantageous as…
Isabel10/07/2023