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Dec 29

Plants on Aspirin

By Isabel Botany, General, News, Plant Science, Research

Researchers have gain deeper knowledge of plant growth by treating seedlings with painkillers like Aspirin and the like. For centuries humans were using willow barks to treat a headache or an inflamed tooth. Later, the active ingredient, the plant hormone…

Dec 23

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Can We Harness A Plant’s Ability To Synthesize Medicinal Compounds?

By Isabel Botany, News, Plant Science

Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism by which plants produce them has remained shrouded in mystery until now.

Dec 18

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Siberian primrose has not had time to adapt to climate change

By Isabel Climate change, News, Plant Science, Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society

Global warming already affects Siberian primrose, a plant species that is threatened in Finland and Norway. According to a recently completed study, individuals of Siberian primrose originating in the Finnish coast on the Bothnian Bay currently fare better in northern…

Dec 17

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Fritillaria delavayi in a population with low harvest pressure

Plant evolves to become less visible to humans

By Isabel CSPB, News, Plant Science, Research

A plant used in traditional Chinese medicine has evolved to become less visible to humans, new research shows. Scientists found that Fritillaria delavayi plants, which live on rocky slopes of China's Hengduan mountains, match their backgrounds most closely in areas…

Dec 16

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Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their a-game

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

The popularity of tomatoes has led to the development of more than 10,000 cultivars of various sizes, shapes, and hues. Interestingly though, there is little genetic diversity among modern tomato varieties. This lack of diversity, coupled with the fact that…

Dec 15

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More Transparency Recommended for Gene-Edited Crops

By Isabel News, Policy, Science communication

Researchers call for a coalition of biotech industry, government and non-government organizations, trade organizations, and academic experts to work together to provide basic information about gene-edited crops to lift the veil on how plants or plant products are modified and…

Dec 11

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Engineering a way out of climate change: Genetically modified organisms could be the key

By Isabel News, Plant Science, Research

Climate change is a major global crisis. Despite international agreements to fight climate change, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase and global temperatures continue to rise. The potential effects on our lives are drastic: recent wildfires in the US and…

Dec 07

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Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities in plants

By Isabel News, Plant Science

Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, even if individuals belong to the same species and the same population. Ecologists have now shown that these differences are primarily due to…

Dec 03

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Extra Gene Pairs and Biological Clock Control Important Plant Functions

By Isabel News, Plant Science

The biological clock of a popular food crop controls close to three-quarters of its genes, according to a new research. The study can help researchers target genes to improve growth and stress resilience when a plant is moved to a…

Nov 23

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A molecular break for root growth: Length of plant roots is controlled by hormones

By Isabel News, Plant Science

The dynamic change in root growth of plants plays an important role in their adjustment to soil conditions. Depending on the location, nutrients or moisture can be found in higher or lower soil layers. This is why, depending on the…

plant science

Plants on Aspirin

Can We Harness A Plant’s Ability To Synthesize Medicinal Compounds?

Siberian primrose has not had time to adapt to climate change

Plant evolves to become less visible to humans

Tweaking carotenoid genes helps tomatoes bring their a-game

More Transparency Recommended for Gene-Edited Crops

Engineering a way out of climate change: Genetically modified organisms could be the key

Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities in plants

Extra Gene Pairs and Biological Clock Control Important Plant Functions

A molecular break for root growth: Length of plant roots is controlled by hormones

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