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High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in an African savanna, finds study

A new decade long study from South African National Parks examines the usefulness of high-intensity fires to prevent bush encroachment in the long term and introduces a new approach to tackling the issue.

Isabel23/02/2023

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Understanding plants can boost wildland-fire modeling in an uncertain future

A new conceptual framework for incorporating the way plants use carbon and water, or plant dynamics, into fine-scale computer models of wildland fire provides a critical first step toward improved global fire forecasting.

Isabel22/02/2023

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Development of machine vision system capable of locating king flowers on apple trees

A machine vision system capable of locating and identifying apple king flowers within clusters of blossoms on trees in orchards was devised by researchers — a critical early step in the development of a robotic pollination system — in a…

Isabel21/02/2023

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How plants can inspire new ways to extract value from waste

Scientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.

Isabel20/02/2023

News Plant Science

Chloroplast from the father

Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring.

Isabel17/02/2023

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High-intensity fires do not reverse bush encroachment in an African savanna, finds study

Understanding plants can boost wildland-fire modeling in an uncertain future

Development of machine vision system capable of locating king flowers on apple trees

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Chloroplast from the father

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