News tagged with plant biologist
Related topics: plants
How plants drove animals to the land
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of ancient oxygen levels presents the first concrete evidence that after aquatic plants evolved and boosted the levels of oxygen aquatic life exploded, leading to fierce competition ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 30, 2010 |
4.7 / 5 (11) |
0
|
Genome inversion gives plant a new lifestyle
The yellow monkeyflower, an unassuming little plant that lives as both a perennial on the foggy coasts of the Pacific Northwest and a dry-land annual hundreds of miles inland, harbors a significant clue about evolution.
Sep 28, 2010 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Tapping into sorghum's weed-fighting capabilities to give growers more options
By unlocking the genetic secrets of sorghum, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found a way to make one of the world's most important cereal crops a better option for growers. Researchers at the ARS Natural ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
When the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibs (w/ Video)
Surplus food can be a double-edged sword for bottom-feeders in the ocean deep, according to a new study in the April issue of Ecology. While extra nutrients give a boost to large animals on the deep sea fl ...
Apr 05, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
New marine plant identification guide for Panama's Eastern Pacific
Marine Plants of Pacific Panama is a new, online identification guide to more than 120 marine algae. Developed by Smithsonian marine biologists Diane and Mark Littler in conjunction with the bioinformatics ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
1 / 5 (1) |
0
Watermelon: Fruit on the Fast Track
(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying how watermelons grow from tiny flowers to plus-size, market-ready produce in only five weeks. Their findings have resulted in the ...
Dec 14, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Novel research to root out how microbes affect rice plants
Plants that live in the soil don't live alone -- a mere teaspoon of soil teems with an estimated billion microscopic organisms.
Sep 08, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Genome duplication responsible for more plant species than previously thought
Extra genomes appear, on average, to offer no benefit or disadvantage to plants, but still play a key role in the origin of new species, say scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions ...
Aug 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
2
Scientists discover mobile small RNAs that set up leaf patterning in plants
A key item in the developmental agenda of a plant leaf is the establishment of an axis that makes a leaf's top half distinct from its bottom half. This asymmetry is crucial for the leaf's function: it ensures that the leaf ...
Mar 01, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
1
Internal clocks keep all living things ticking -- even you
Like kids taking apart a fine Swiss watch, scientists are laboring to understand what makes the biological clock that's inside every living creature tick.
Biology /
Feb 08, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Plant life not a villain in methane emissions debate
(PhysOrg.com) -- A comprehensive investigation of plant emissions led by University of South Australia molecular biologist Dr Ellen Nisbet has put pay to the assertion that plants are producing and releasing ...
Biology /
Jan 14, 2009 |
2.8 / 5 (6) |
1
