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New discoveries upend traditional thinking about how plants make certain compounds

Michigan State University plant scientists have identified two new genes and two new enzymes in tomato plants; those findings led them to discover that the plants were making monoterpenes, compounds that help give tomato ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Beetle-infested pine trees contribute more to air pollution and haze in forests

The hordes of bark beetles that have bored their way through more than 6 billion trees in the western U.S. and British Columbia since the 1990s do more than damage and kill stately pine, spruce and other trees. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Orchid tricks hoverflies: Eastern marsh helleborine mimics aphid alarm pheromones to attract pollinators

Even Darwin was a self-admitted orchid lover. Dictionaries describe orchids as exotic ornamentals. Indeed, these plants – more than 30000 different species are thought to exist – are exotic due their ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ground beetles produce lemon/orange-scented aromas as predator repellents

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper to appear in the journal “Naturwissenschaften,” Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Athula Attygalle and his research student, Xiaogang Wu, report for the first time that some ground beetles ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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