Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time.
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2020
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Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered an important gene in plants that could help agricultural crops collaborate better with underground fungi—providing them with wider root networks and helping ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2020
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Palm plantations are associated with deforestation and ecological harm, but researchers are pointing to ways things can be done differently in Africa.
Environment
Jun 16, 2020
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While crop diseases have devastating consequences on agriculture, causing losses of up to 30% in some crops, plants constantly evolve to maintain robust immune systems that allow them to perceive pathogens and develop defenses. ...
Biotechnology
Jun 15, 2020
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A team of researchers led by IPK Gatersleben has succeeded in providing answers to a long unsolved question in the breeding of plant hybrids. Their conclusions: the more diverse in genetics, than better, but only in cases ...
Evolution
Jun 12, 2020
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Small RNAs are key regulators involved in plant growth and development. Two groups of small RNAs are abundant during development of pollen in the anthers—a critical process for reproductive success. A research collaboration ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2020
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Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic in and out of plant cells works, which researchers believe is key to develop food crops with bigger yields and greater ability to ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2020
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Pathogens that attack agricultural crops show remarkable adaptability to new climates and new plant hosts, new research shows.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2020
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As a result of climate change, cereal crops will undoubtedly be exposed to longer and more frequent periods of drought. How well they survive this depends on their interaction with water, nutrients, bacteria, and fungi in ...
Environment
Jun 9, 2020
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The CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors work like a fine surgical instrument and can be used to modify genetic information in plants. The research teams of Professor Holger Puchta of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and ...
Biotechnology
May 26, 2020
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