Botany News
April 20, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 — Using a pair of sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses such as heat, light, or attack from insects or bacteria. Farmers could use these sensors to monitor threats to their crops, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy counterparts. This could involve altering the crops' genomes ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a new ...
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Apr. 15, 2024 — A research team discovers previously unknown gene that indirectly promotes photosynthesis Protein regulator NirP1 influences the coordination of the nitrogen and carbohydrate metabolism 'Such protein ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes, known as polyploids, are salt-tolerant or drought-resistant and often achieve higher yields. However, newly formed polyploid plants are often sterile or have ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Natural forest regeneration is hailed as a cost-effective way to restore biodiversity and sequester carbon. However, the fragmentation of tropical forests has restricted the movement of large birds ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Vitamin B1 is an essential micronutrient for human beings. Its deficiency is the cause of numerous diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Researchers have achieved a significant advance ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have identified 14 genes that thale cress -- a plant commonly used in genetic investigations since its genome is well documented -- express more when responding to five specific ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Light supplies the energy plants need to build up biomass. A research team is researching how plants adapt their photosynthesis to changing light. They describe a key molecular mechanism that ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — A new dataset bridging molecular information about the poplar tree microbiome to ecosystem-level processes has been released. The project aims to inform research regarding how natural systems ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A new sunflower family tree used skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealing that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Barley is one of the most important cereal crops on a global scale. Many barley cultivars produce a toxic alkaloid called gramine that affects the suitability of barley as fodder, but also helps to ...
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Mar. 31, 2024 — A new study states that the combination of global warming and extreme heat events, alongside the continued expansion of deforestation in the world, may be devastating for many species of animals, ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — To woo a mate, the Albert's Lyrebird of Australia becomes a real song-and-dance bird. Each male first chooses a stage of entangled vines, then in performance he shakes the vines as part of his ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — While Wyoming is home to some of North America's most abundant populations of pronghorn that have largely been stable in recent years, a new analysis shows that many herds are experiencing ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — A new study provides a global analysis of where restoration of tree cover is most effective at cooling the global climate system, considering not just the cooling from carbon storage but also the ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered a unique mechanism that regulates the opening of stomata in plants. Phosphorylation of the amino acid Thr881 on the plasma membrane proton pump plays a key role in this ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — When officials make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. But there are several types of diversity, and not all of them overlap ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Cellulose, abundantly available from plant biomass, can be converted into molecules used to make a new class of recyclable polymers, to sustainably replace some ...
Mar. 25, 2024 — Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research ...
Mar. 21, 2024 — Following injury, plants release terpenoids to enhance their defenses. Researchers studying terpenoid-enriched essential oils (EOs) have found that rose EO (REO) can stimulate defense genes in tomato ...
Mar. 21, 2024 — A research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other compounds that fill ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered intriguing details about the origins and spread of the bottle gourd, one of the oldest domesticated crops. Their work unveils the genetic diversification and population ...
Mar. 20, 2024 — Researchers sought to understand how diatoms -- microscopic, photosynthetic algae that make up an estimated 20 percent of global carbon sequestration and oxygen production -- are able to bloom in an ...
Mar. 19, 2024 — Namibia's legendary fairy circles are mysterious, circular, bald patches in the dry grasslands on the edge of the Namib Desert. Their formation has been researched for decades and has recently ...
Mar. 19, 2024 — A curious aspect of tree frogs is that they often lay their eggs on the ground where the risk of predation by natural enemies is greater than in the trees where they live. A research team suggested ...
Mar. 18, 2024 — Researchers used bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect themselves from toxic metal ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — Researchers have published a simple trick that improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables -- such as temperature -- affect gene activity in ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A new study has found that the summer solstice acts as a 'starting gun' to synchronize beech tree reproduction across vast distances in Europe, affecting ecosystem ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — New, highly stretchable sensors can monitor and transmit plant growth information without human intervention. The polymer sensors are resilient to humidity and temperature, can stretch over 400% ...
Mar. 13, 2024 — A comprehensive study of the floristic diversity of Agguttinni Territorial Park, Nunavut's newest and largest Territorial Park, has documented 141 vascular plant, 69 bryophyte, and 93 lichen ...
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- New Maps Help Decision-Makers Factor Albedo Into Tree-Planting Decisions
- Discovery of Amino Acid Unveils How Light Makes Plants Open
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- New Route to Recyclable Polymers from Plants
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rose Essential Oil: A Safe Pesticide for Organic Agriculture
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Across Oceans and Millennia: Decoding the Origin and History of the Bottle Gourd
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Fairy Circles: Plant Water Stress Causes Namibia's Gaps in Grass
- Why Do Tree Frogs Lay Their Eggs on the Ground?
Monday, March 18, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Simple Trick Could Improve Accuracy of Plant Genetics Research
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe
- Study Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Successfully Growing Plants in Space
- Exploring Arctic Plants and Lichens: An Important Conservation Baseline for Nunavut's Newest and Largest Territorial Park
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Alaska Dinosaur Tracks Reveal a Lush, Wet Environment
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- The World's Most Prolific CO2-Fixing Enzyme Is Slowly Getting Better
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Microalgae With Unusual Cell Biology
- Plant Lavender, Marjoram and Ivy on Your Green Wall to Clean Up the Air
Monday, March 4, 2024
- An Inside Look at Beech Tree Disease
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
- Photosynthetic Secrets Come to Light
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Light Into the Darkness of Photosynthesis
- A New Plant's Name That Tells a Story
- Convergent Evolution of Algal CO2-Fixing Organelles
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Cyber-Physical Heating System May Protect Apple Blossoms in Orchards
- Refrigerate Lettuce to Reduce Risk of E. Coli Contamination
- Small Dietary Changes Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint by 25%
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Walleye Struggle With Changes to Timing of Spring Thaw
- Scientists Use Blue-Green Algae as a Surrogate Mother for 'meat-Like' Proteins
- Low-Temperature Plasma Used to Remove E. Coli from Hydroponically Grown Crops
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Common Plant Could Help Reduce Food Insecurity
- Biomolecular Condensates -- Regulatory Hubs for Plant Iron Supply
- Altering the Circadian Clock Adapts Barley to Short Growing Seasons
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- 'The Future Is Fungal': New Research Finds That Fungi That Live in Healthy Plants Are Sensitive to Climate Change
- Photosynthetic Mechanism of Purple Sulfur Bacterium Adapted to Low-Calcium Environments
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Reforestation Programs Could Threaten Vast Area of Tropical Grasslands
- Asexual Propagation of Crop Plants Gets Closer
- Root Microbes May Be the Secret to a Better Tasting Cup of Tea
- Scientists Are Unravelling the Secrets of Red and Grey Squirrel Competition
- Researchers Shed Light on River Resiliency to Flooding
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Behind Enigmatic Shapes of Nuclei
- Pesticides to Help Protect Seeds Can Adversely Affect Earthworms' Health
- Controlling Root Growth Direction Could Help Save Crops and Mitigate Climate Change
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Friend or Foe? Ancient Partnership Between Moss and Fungi
- Inexpensive, Carbon-Neutral Biofuels Are Finally Possible
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Researchers Discover Key to Molecular Mystery of How Plants Respond to Changing Conditions
- How Plants Obtain Nitrogen by Supplying Iron to Symbiotic Bacteria
- Two New Freshwater Fungi Species in China Enhance Biodiversity Knowledge
Friday, February 2, 2024
- Scammed! Animals 'led by the Nose' To Leave Plants Alone
- Rare 3D Fossils Show That Some Early Trees Had Forms Unlike Any You've Ever Seen
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- AI-Powered App Can Detect Poison Ivy
- Asparagus and Orchids Are More Similar Than You Think
- Using CRISPR Technology, Researchers Succeed in Growing Tomatoes That Consume Less Water Without Compromising Yield
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Do Tree-Planting Campaigns Follow Best Practices for Successful Forest Restoration?
- A Non-Allergenic Wheat Protein for Growing Better Cultivated Meat
- Moth Keeps a Firm Eye on the Proboscis
- Back from the Dead: Tropical Tree Fern Repurposes Its Dead Leaves
Friday, January 26, 2024
- Soap Bark Discovery Offers a Sustainability Booster for the Global Vaccine Market
- Use It or Lose It: How Seagrasses Conquered the Sea
Thursday, January 25, 2024
- Tiny Ant Species Disrupts Lion's Hunting Behavior
- The Underground Network: Decoding the Dynamics of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis
- Diverse Forests Are Best at Standing Up to Storms
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- The Complexity of Forests Cannot Be Explained by Simple Mathematical Rules, Study Finds
- 'Talking' Tomatoes: How Their Communication Is Influenced by Enemies and Friends
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
- World's Largest Database of Weeds Lets Scientists Peer Into the Past, and Future, of Global Agriculture
- Study Offers Rare Long-Term Analysis of Techniques for Creating Standing Dead Trees for Wildlife Habitat
- Innovative Tech Shows Promise to Boost Rubber Production in US
- Complex Green Organisms Emerged a Billion Years Ago
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Nearly Dead Plants Brought Back to Life: Keys to Aging Hidden in the Leaves
- Artificial 'power Plants' Harness Energy from Wind and Rain
- Silkmoths: Different Olfactory Worlds of Females and Males
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Friday, January 12, 2024
- Human Activity Facilitates Invasive Plants' Colonization in Mediterranean Ecosystems
- New Rice Lines for Africa Offer Virus Protection
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Iron Influences Plant Immunity and May Promote Resiliency Against Climate Change
- Scientists Name the Most Common Tropical Tree Species
- Nutrition Needs Drive Bee Appetites