'Rewilding with taxon substitutes', the intentional introduction of exotic species to fulfil key functions in ecosystems following the loss of recently extinct species, is highly controversial, partly due to a lack of rigorous ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2011
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Research by University of Warwick's School of Life Sciences has opened up a new path to produce water efficient seeds that will be a significant tool to cope with drought resistance, and ensure global food security. The ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 24, 2011
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Plant biologists have discovered the last major element of the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cell to the cell's nucleus. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2011
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High in an alpine meadow, Gesine Pufal, from the University of Wellington, New Zealand, crouched low to the ground and splashed some water from her water bottle on a low green plant cushion, then sat back waiting to see if ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2010
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When fires rage through forests, they often char acres upon acres of plant life and scar a landscape for years to come. Some plants have learned to use this destructive force to their advantage -- moving into competitors' ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2010
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Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.
Biotechnology
Dec 10, 2009
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Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2009
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Australian scientists have developed the first environmental standards for fuel contamination in soils, for sub-Antarctic environments.
Environment
Aug 30, 2024
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For thousands of years, plants have evolved in the presence of wildfires in the Cerrado, Brazil's savanna-like biome. Scientists at São Paulo State University (UNESP) studied the effect of smoke on seed germination for 44 ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 6, 2024
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A research team has found that cold-tolerant melon seeds (THY) maintained higher neutral invertase activity at low temperatures, enabling sustained sucrose decomposition into glucose, which supports seed germination. This ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 29, 2024
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