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Scientists make healthy sorghum crop healthier

Scientists have develop healthier sorghum varieties containing significant concentrations of provitamin A carotenoids while also increasing mineral absorption to meet the nutritional needs of mothers and children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Isabel09/08/2023

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Researchers create double-haploid watermelon plants via in vivo, seed-based haploid induction system

Generating haploid plants for the purpose of obtaining pure double haploid lines is widely recognized as one of the most efficient breeding strategies in modern agriculture. Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus), an important fruit crop known for its nutritional value and flavor,…

Isabel07/08/2023

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How the plant with a toxic past can become a climate-smart crop of tomorrow

Using a newly available genome sequence of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) a research team has identified key biochemical steps that lead to the production of the neurotoxin β-L-ODAP (ODAP).

Isabel07/08/2023

Image credit: Grassland growing following removal of prosopis in the experiment in Tanzania Credit: Rene Eschen).

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Three ways to fight invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Eastern Africa all proved very effective, new study shows

A team of scientists have conducted a new study which shows that three ways to fight the invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania all proved very effective in almost all cases.

Isabel31/07/2023

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Helping plants make better use of sunlight

Plants use photosynthesis to produce oxygen, nutrients and bioenergy. But this complex biochemical process is inefficient, with only a fraction of the sun's energy actually being utilized in photosynthesis. Researchers want to change this in order to help increase the…

Isabel28/07/2023

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Scientists make healthy sorghum crop healthier

Researchers create double-haploid watermelon plants via in vivo, seed-based haploid induction system

How the plant with a toxic past can become a climate-smart crop of tomorrow

Three ways to fight invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Eastern Africa all proved very effective, new study shows

Helping plants make better use of sunlight

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