Native bees are falling victim to bad press, with the media glorifying European honey bees at the expense of hard-working Australian pollinators.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2016
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Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.
Ecology
May 20, 2022
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Scientists have used gene technology to understand more about the make-up of the evolution of brassicas—paving the way for bigger and more climate resilient yields from this group of crops that have been grown for thousands ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 27, 2021
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Are juicier, sweeter, more disease-resistant watermelons on the way? An international consortium of more than 60 scientists from the United States, China, and Europe has published the genome sequence of watermelon (Citrullus ...
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2012
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Studies of ant populations in Borneo reveal an unexpected resilience to areas of rainforest degraded by repeated intensive logging, a finding which conservationists hope will lead governments to conserve these areas rather ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2011
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Researchers from the Energy Biosciences Institute at the University of Illinois, evaluating the biomass potential of woody crops, are taking a closer look at the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), which showed a higher ...
Biotechnology
Jun 13, 2013
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Over the course of many thousands of years, humans turned rye into a cultivated plant. In doing so, they have considerably limited its genetic flexibility. Today, wild rye not only has a more diverse genetic make-up, it is ...
Evolution
Jul 20, 2022
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Genomes of the genus Oryza, including both domesticated and wild species, have been well characterized because of the importance of rice to the global food supply. The wealth of genetic variation in rice varieties has allowed ...
Evolution
Jul 26, 2019
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An analysis by Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed that using less-profitable farmland to grow bioenergy crops such as switchgrass could fuel not only clean energy, but also gains in biodiversity.
Ecology
Dec 1, 2021
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Agricultural fields create a patchwork landscape that increases the potential for domesticated crop DNA to flood wild plant gene pools. This allelic introgression can cause significant evolutionary change in wild plant populations, ...
Ecology
Apr 5, 2016
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