News tagged with the leaf
Flowers' rapid growth rate can be traced back 65 million years
Researchers have discovered that an evolutionary change from 65 million years ago may have set the pace for the rapid growth rate of present-day flowering plants.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 10, 2011 |
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Researchers sequence genomes of fungi that threaten wheat, poplars
An international team of researchers co-led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens-one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production ...
May 09, 2011 |
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Study shows corn gene provides resistance to multiple diseases
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance to three important plant leaf diseases.
May 05, 2011 |
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Poor plant defenses promote invasive beetle's success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Invasive species cost more than $100 billion a year in damages in the United States, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. While most researchers attribute their success to a lack of natural ...
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Texas-bound: Fungus keeps Texas leaf-cutter ants from spreading
(PhysOrg.com) -- Texas winters may seem mild to those who move here from farther north, but they can be hard to adjust to for immigrants from warmer climates. This is true not only for people but for ants ...
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that spring-fruiting fungi, including the morel and St George’s mushroom are fruiting nearly three weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.
Dec 09, 2009 |
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Loves Me, Loves Me Not: Researchers Discover New Method for Measuring Hydrophobicity at the Nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much — or how little - nanoscale interfaces love water.
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Inconspicuous leaf beetles reveal environment's role in formation of new species
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that ...
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Nissan rolls out electric car at new headquarters
(AP) -- Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 02, 2009 |
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