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Adding silicon to soil could help protect canola from clubroot

Adding silicon to soil could help protect canola from clubroot. Treatment may also help crops weather drought and extreme heat, researchers find.

Isabel07/07/2023

Image: Image of a strawberry plant adorned with mature strawberries in the foreground, accompanied by budding fruits and green leaves. Credit: Katharina N. / Pixabay

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New method traces ancestry of hybrid plants and animals

Hybrids -- common in agriculture as well as in nature -- have chromosomes from two or more parent species. In some cases, including strawberries, goldfish and several other species, these disparate parental chromosomes become doubled, a condition known as allopolyploidy.…

Isabel06/07/2023

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Cover crops contribute to soil health, study shows

Worldwide, farmers are being challenged with a variety of issues, including growing populations, a changing climate and soil degradation, among many others. To combat these challenges, researchers are looking for solutions and have begun to focus their work on the…

Isabel04/07/2023

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From cross to self-pollination: Examining how plants develop different routes to replication

There are flowering plants that have the ability to self-pollinate, meaning that they can fertilise themselves without a partner. However, selfing also has clear negative consequences for the plants – first and foremost the loss of genetic variability and biological…

Isabel03/07/2023

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Unveiling the secrets of green pods: The role of soybean pods and seeds in photosynthesis

Researchers have discovered that the green color of soybean pods is due to chlorophyll, which plays a crucial role in the plant's photosynthetic process. The study found that pod and seed photosynthesis contribute significantly to soybean yield, challenging conventional notions…

Isabel30/06/2023

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Adding silicon to soil could help protect canola from clubroot

New method traces ancestry of hybrid plants and animals

Cover crops contribute to soil health, study shows

From cross to self-pollination: Examining how plants develop different routes to replication

Unveiling the secrets of green pods: The role of soybean pods and seeds in photosynthesis

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