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Feb 08

One gene closer to a super sorghum

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Scientists are honing the traits of speed, strength and near invulnerability in sorghum, a very important food crop. Achieving a milestone in their pursuit of the Superman of sorghum plants, scientists identified a single gene that confers broad protection from…

Feb 07

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The plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Credit: Salk Institute

Plants rely on the classy gene family to diversify their epigenomes

By Isabel News, Plant Science

What determines how a cell’s genome is regulated to ensure proper growth and development? Turns out, the parts of the genome that are turned on or off in each cell-type or tissue play a major role in this process. Now,…

Feb 04

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Join the International “Fascination of Plants Day” in May 2022

By Isabel Blog, EPSO, Global Collaborations, Science communication

The fascinating world of plants will be once more in the spotlight thanks to the EPSO, which invites you to celebrate the sixth Fascination of Plants Day on and around May 18th 2022. For this purpose, scientific institutions together with…

Feb 03

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The genetics of flower power: Hidden link between genes and flower formation revealed

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Researchers recently announced that they have discovered the genetic linkages governing the formation of flowers. The revelation solves a long-standing mystery—how are there so many different types of flowers in the world?—and shines a bright light into a dark corner…

Feb 02

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Ancient Mesopotamian Discovery Transforms Knowledge of Early Farming

By Isabel Agriculture, News

Researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity’s earliest agricultural practices.

Feb 01

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The secret drivers of tree growth

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

Most trees live in symbiosis with fungi. Researchers show just how important this partnership is for tree growth through the first-ever comprehensive data analysis compiled for European forests on a massive scale.

Jan 31

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Scientists Uncover the Distribution and Physiological Role of Planteose

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Enzymatic hydrolysis of planteose: α-Galactosidase is a promising molecular target for root parasitic weed control.

Jan 28

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Gene discovered crucial to making crop plants produce clonal seeds

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

Researchers have discovered a gene that will make it possible to produce seeds from crops that are genetically identical to the mother plant and that do not need pollination.

Jan 27

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How plants respond to heat stress

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science

Feeling the heat: Steroid hormones contribute to the heat stress resistance of plants. Plants, like other organisms, can be severely affected by heat stress. To increase their chances of survival, they activate the heat shock response, a molecular pathway also…

Jan 26

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Leaving gaps in the genome to breed maize plants with low susceptibility to frost and drought damage

By Isabel Agriculture, News, Plant Science

The use of genetic information is now indispensable for modern plant breeding. Even though DNA sequencing has become much cheaper since the human genome was decoded for the very first time in 2003, collecting the full genetic information still accounts…

plant science

One gene closer to a super sorghum

Plants rely on the classy gene family to diversify their epigenomes

Join the International “Fascination of Plants Day” in May 2022

The genetics of flower power: Hidden link between genes and flower formation revealed

Ancient Mesopotamian Discovery Transforms Knowledge of Early Farming

The secret drivers of tree growth

Scientists Uncover the Distribution and Physiological Role of Planteose

Gene discovered crucial to making crop plants produce clonal seeds

How plants respond to heat stress

Leaving gaps in the genome to breed maize plants with low susceptibility to frost and drought damage

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