News tagged with flowering time

Ecologists find new clues on climate change in 150-year-old pressed plants

Plants picked up to 150 years ago by Victorian collectors and held by the million in herbarium collections across the world could become a powerful - and much needed - new source of data for studying climate ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why spring is blooming marvelous (and climate change makes it earlier)

With buds bursting early, only for a mild winter to turn Arctic and wipe them out, we are witnessing how warm weather can trigger flowering, even out of season, and how important it is for plants to blossom at the right time ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 6

'A-maize-ing' discovery could lead to higher corn yields for food, feed and fuel

Scientists may have made an "a-maize-ing" discovery that could lead to higher corn yields in the United States. In a new research report published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists used tropical maize ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Invasive plants are beneficiaries of climate change in Thoreau's woods

Invasive plants could become even more prevalent and destructive as climate change continues, according to a new analysis of data stretching back more than 150 years.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New discovery about how flowering time of plants can be controlled

Researchers at Umeå Plant Science Center in Sweden discovered, in collaboration with the Syngenta company, a previously unknown gene in sugar beets that blocks flowering. Only with the cold of winter is the gene shut ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sympatric speciation contributes to island biodiversity

Scientists discover at least 11 examples of sympatric speciation on Lord Howe Island.

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists discover 'switch' in plants to create flowers

Flowering is the most crucial act that plants undergo, as the fruits of such labor include crops on which the world depends, and seeds from which the next generation grows.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2