News tagged with plant development
Scientists find how plants grow to escape shade
Mild mannered though they seem, plants are extremely competitive, especially when it comes to getting their fair share of sunlight. Whether a forest or a farm, where plants grow a battle wages for the sun's ...
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Seed size is controlled by maternally produced small RNAs: research
Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules inherited from a plant's mother, a discovery from scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that has implications for agriculture and understanding plant ...
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Nepal's whitewater rapids threatened by hydropower
The Bhote Koshi river rises in Tibet and cuts a mighty swathe through the Himalayas, carving out gorges as it tumbles into Nepal in a series of thundering rapids.
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Study shines light on ways to cut costs for greenhouse growers
Greenhouse bedding plant growers can save themselves time, money or possibly both by giving cuttings in propagation more light, according to a Purdue University study.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Discovery of plant 'nourishing gene' brings hope for increased crop seed yield and food security
University of Warwick scientists have discovered a "nourishing gene" which controls the transfer of nutrients from plant to seed - a significant step which could help increase global food production.
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Thanksgiving in space may one day come with all the trimmings
(PhysOrg.com) -- Future astronauts spending Thanksgiving in space may not have to forgo one of the most traditional parts of the day's feast: fresh sweet potatoes.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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U.S. announces desert 'solar energy zones'
The Obama administration on Thursday announced its plan for solar energy development, directing large-scale industrial projects to 285,000 acres of desert in the Western U.S. while opening 20 million acres of the Mojave for ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2011 |
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A living factory
The time it takes for new products to come to market is getting ever shorter. As a consequence, goods are being produced using manufacturing facilities and IT systems that were designed with completely different ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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One million Bangladesh homes on solar power
The number of households in electricity-starved Bangladesh using solar panels has crossed the one million mark -- the fastest expansion of solar use in the world, officials said Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Parental conflict in plants: Maternal factors silence paternal genes
In flowering plants, the beginning of embryogenesis is almost exclusively governed by maternal gene activity. Maternal factors regulate the development of the embryo and silence paternal genes during early ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Different evolutionary paths lead plants and animals to the same crossroads
In analyzing the molecular sensor for the plant growth hormone brassinolide, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered that although plants took an evolutionary path different from ...
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Scientists find direct line from development to growth
It may seem intuitive that growth and development somehow go together so that plants and animals end up with the right number of cells in all the right places. But it is only now that scientists at the Duke ...
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Key Component Identified That Helps Plants Go Green (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Duke University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has found a central part in the machinery that turns plants green when they sense light.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Feeling Stressed? So is the Poplar -- But Hormone Suppression Could Help the Tree
(PhysOrg.com) -- People aren't the only living things that suffer from stress. Trees must deal with stress too. It can come from a lack of water or too much water, from scarcity of a needed nutrient, from ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Plant hormone regulates nectar production
Rapeseed is one of the ten most important agricultural crops worldwide. In spring, the rapeseed fields with their bright yellow flowers are widely visible: this year winter rapeseed is being cultivated on ...
Mar 29, 2010 |
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