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Image: Scientists studied stands of roble beech trees (Nothofagus obliqua) like these across a variety of climates in the Chilean Andes to understand how the trees have responded to long-term drying and a recent megadrought. Credit: Rocío Urrutia-Jalabert

Forestry News Plant Science

Short-Lived Solutions for Tall Trees in Chile’s Megadrought

Some southern beeches in the Andes have plumbed deeper for moisture as the surface has dried up. But doing so may deplete resources and undermine the trees’ future health.

Isabel20/06/2023

News Plant Science

Advanced imaging of root chemicals offers new insights on plant growth

Applying an advanced imaging technology to plant roots, researchers have developed a new understanding of essential root chemicals that are responsible for plant growth

Isabel19/06/2023

Botany News Plant Science

Orchids’ ability to grow on other plants independently evolved multiple times

New detailed genetic analysis clarifies the evolutionary relationships among orchids and reveals that the plant’s ability to grow on trees evolved independently in several lineages.

Isabel16/06/2023

Image: Two lateral root primordia develop from the main root of Arabidopsis thaliana. The images (with false colours) were taken with a confocal microscope. Credit: Michael Stitz, Heidelberg University

News Plant Science

How plants use sugar to produce roots

Along with sugar reallocation, a basic molecular mechanism within plants controls the formation of new lateral roots. An international team of plant biologists has demonstrated that it is based on the activity of a certain factor, the target of rapamycin…

Isabel15/06/2023

Image: Delays in delivery of salt-tolerant crops may be due to the need for resource development. This should include the domestication of wild salt-resistant species, such as Salicornia shown here growing in an extreme environment, that have the potential for new food and feed markets. Credit 2023 KAUST; Gabriele Fiene.

Agriculture KAUST News

Now is the time to deliver on salt-tolerant crops

In a comprehensive review of breeding salinity tolerance in plants, researchers argue that the main reason research advances have not been translated into commercial salt-tolerant crop varieties for farmers is that this has not been a priority for plant breeders.…

Isabel14/06/2023

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Short-Lived Solutions for Tall Trees in Chile’s Megadrought

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