A new study of the role microbial communities play on the leaves of plants suggests that fertilizing crops may make them more susceptible to disease.
Biotechnology
Jul 26, 2018
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Like humans, many animals depend on beneficial microbes for survival. Although such symbioses can persist for millions of years, the factors maintaining their long-term stability remain, in most cases, unknown. Scientists ...
Evolution
Apr 14, 2014
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When the algal ancestor of modern land plants first succeeded in making the transition from aquatic environments to an inhospitable shore 450 million years ago, it changed the world by dramatically altering climate and setting ...
Biotechnology
Oct 5, 2015
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Astronauts at the International Space Station are spending more time away from Earth, but they still need their daily serving of vegetables. In the quest to find a viable way for crew to grow their own veggies while orbiting—and ...
Space Exploration
May 28, 2018
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Large swaths of single-celled eukaryotes, non-bacterial single-cell organisms like microalgae, fungi or mold, can control microbiomes (a collection of tiny microbes, mostly bacteria) by secreting unusual small molecules around ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 19, 2020
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Researchers from University of California San Diego, as part of a large collaboration with scientists around the world, have developed a new search tool to help researchers better understand the metabolism of microorganisms. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 5, 2024
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With California in its fifth year of severe drought and many western states experiencing another year of unusually dry conditions, plants are stressed.
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2016
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Janine Sherrier, professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Delaware, is part of a team that has been awarded $6.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the legume Medicago ...
Biotechnology
May 10, 2012
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Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study on Acmispon strigosus, a plant in the pea family, showed a 13-fold growth increase in plants that partnered with a highly effective ...
Ecology
Aug 7, 2018
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(Phys.org)—It's a battleground down there—in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell.
Biotechnology
Sep 21, 2012
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