'Keep it simple' is a good rule of thumb when designing biocontrol programs to combat weeds and invasive plants, according to a meta-analysis of studies by UBC biodiversity experts.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

A nutrition expert at UC Davis has discovered important clues to the deadly attack strategy of a puzzling plant pathogen that has destroyed hundreds of thousands acres of citrus across the world.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —In the February issue of New Phytologist, Tulane University biologists examine why leaf-cutting ants target some plants and avoid others, concluding that high levels of friendly fungi in the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 05, 2013 not rated yet 0

When a pathogen attacks a plant, infection usually follows after the plant's immune system is compromised. A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside focused on Phytophthora, the pa ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 06, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Farmers treat seeds chemically in order to rid them of pest infestation. Now researchers have developed a method that kills pathogens without harming the environment. Pioneering seed suppliers are already ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Amino acids in orange juice might reveal secrets to the successful attack strategy of the plant pathogen that causes citrus greening disease, also known as Huanglongbing or HLB. Studies of these amino acids ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—As gas prices rise around the world, researchers are seeking a potential solution from endophytic fungi—fungi that live inside plants.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—New research shows how some bacterial cells keep a 'suicide complex' ready to hand at all times.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 3 |

(Phys.org)—Scientists have discovered 100 million-year-old regions in the DNA of several plant species which could hold secrets about how specific genes are turned 'on' or 'off'.

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 05, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

In two papers to be published in Current Biology, researchers from JIC and The Sainsbury Laboratory on the Norwich Research Park, and Rothamsted Research and the University of York identify genes that help plants interact with m ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Plant roots are surrounded by thousands of bacteria and fungi living in the soil and on the root surface. To survive in this diverse environment, plants employ sophisticated detection systems to distinguish pathogenic microorganisms ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 01, 2012 not rated yet 0

The UK Government has recently imposed a ban on importing foreign ash trees in order to prevent the spread of fungal disease Chalara, which kills the trees and has entered the country via imports from Europe.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 31, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Arabidopsis thaliana, or thale cress as it is commonly known, made history back in 2000 by becoming the first plant to have its entire genetic code read by scientists, contributing to what i ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 12, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Cheating. Conflict. Competition. It may sound like a soap opera but this is the complex life of the despised ragweed plant.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 01, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—Infectious bacteria received a taste of their own medicine from University of Missouri researchers who used viruses to infect and kill colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, common disease-causing bacteria. The vi ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Sep 24, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |