How plants make aerial roots
Sometimes, to see the roots, you have to look up.
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News tagged with potato plants
Breeding beetle-resistant potatoes
Potatoes are the most consumed vegetable in the United States. According to the USDA, US farmers grew more than 42 billion lbs. of potatoes in 2019. That's 128 lbs. of potatoes per person.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 20, 2021
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RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice
Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists from the University of Chicago, Peking University and Guizhou University.
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2021
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Toxin in potatoes evolved from a bitter-tasting compound in tomatoes
A multi-institutional collaboration has revealed that α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is a divergent of the bitter-tasting α-tomatine, which is found in tomato plants. The research group included Associate ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2021
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Chemical composition of wild potato relative contributes to its resistance to pathogen
Potato is the most consumed vegetable crop worldwide. However, despite its importance, potato production is severely affected by high susceptibility to a wide range of microbial pathogens, such as bacteria from the genus ...
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2020
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'Disease triangle' indicates COVID-19 peak isn't the end
Plants are no strangers to diseases and devastating outbreaks. Humans can learn a valuable lesson from them when it comes to the current COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Texas A&M professor.
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2020
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Potato study uses irrigation system feedback to distinguish between plant thirst and disease
Federal and state researchers are studying irrigation scheduling and a potential for water savings in potato plants at the Conservation and Production Research Laboratory at Bushland.
Plants & Animals
Apr 20, 2020
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Major advances in our understanding of New World Morning Glories
A major advance in revealing the unknown plant diversity on planet Earth is made with a new monograph, published in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PhytoKeys. The global-wide study, conducted by researchers at the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2020
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The dark side of plant-based food—it's more about money than you may think
If you were to believe newspapers and dietary advice leaflets, you'd probably think that doctors and nutritionists are the people guiding us through the thicket of what to believe when it comes to food. But food trends are ...
Environment
Dec 10, 2019
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Sweet potato uses a single odor to warn its neighbors of insect attack
Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas) are becoming more and more popular: Whether in soup or as fries, they increasingly compete with "regular" potatoes which, surprisingly, are only distantly related. Although economically not ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2019
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