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Nov 03

Documenting and making available the world’s crop diversity

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News, Plant Science

Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Out of 1,800 genebank collections worldwide, more than 600 are in Europe. This vast array of crop diversity can be exploited to make…

Nov 02

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Research team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology

By Isabel Forestry, News

How lightning travels from the sky to the ground inspired the concept behind a new algorithmic approach to digitally separate individual trees from their forests in automatic forest mapping.

Oct 31

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Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Pre-treatment with ethanol activates molecular processes that could allow crops to tolerate a warming world. A dose of ethanol, better known as common alcohol, can enable plants to withstand heat stress that might otherwise kill them, biologists have found. This…

Oct 26

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‘Iconic’ plant family at risk: Scientists estimate more than half of palm species may be threatened with extinction

By Isabel Forestry, News

Scientists have estimated the conservation status of nearly 1,900 palm species using artificial intelligence, and found more than 1,000 may be at risk of extinction.

Oct 25

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Multiplex gene editing rapidly customizes tomato cultivars with different fruit colors

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

A research group has developed a rapid breeding strategy to generate tomato lines with different colored fruits from red-fruited materials by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing.

Oct 18

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Insights into two rare types of photosynthesis could boost crop production

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Researchers have studied how certain bacteria perform photosynthesis using low-energy light, which could be engineered into crops to boost production. By studying the way two bacteria perform the difficult chemistry of photosynthesis, a team has discovered the trade-offs they make…

Oct 14

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Mexican mangroves have been capturing carbon for 5,000 years

By Isabel Climate change, Forestry, News, Plant Science

Researchers have identified a new reason to protect mangrove forests: they’ve been quietly keeping carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere for the past 5,000 years.

Oct 12

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Thyme among almond trees: it mitigates climate change and increases the land’s production

By Isabel Agriculture, Fruits and Vegetables, News

The introduction of perennial crops in the alleys of Mediterranean dryland almond orchards reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases soil carbon sequestration, according to a new study.

Oct 11

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Conifer communication is complex and can be altered by air pollution

By Isabel Forestry, News

Conifers are dominant tree species in boreal forests, but they are susceptible to attack by bark beetles.

Oct 10

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Bigger plants don’t always equal more nutritious ones

By Isabel Agriculture, News

While increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere encourage plant growth, they also reduce the nutritional value of plants, which can have a larger impact on nutrition and food safety worldwide. Researchers discovered a new way plants are adapting to…

plant science

Documenting and making available the world’s crop diversity

Research team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology

Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress

‘Iconic’ plant family at risk: Scientists estimate more than half of palm species may be threatened with extinction

Multiplex gene editing rapidly customizes tomato cultivars with different fruit colors

Insights into two rare types of photosynthesis could boost crop production

Mexican mangroves have been capturing carbon for 5,000 years

Thyme among almond trees: it mitigates climate change and increases the land’s production

Conifer communication is complex and can be altered by air pollution

Bigger plants don’t always equal more nutritious ones

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