A team of botanists from Ecuador, Germany, and the United States has described two new species of carnivorous plants with striking appearance. They are part of the butterworts (genus Pinguicula), a group of flowering plants ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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An international panel of scientists have identified 100 of the most important questions facing plant science. The international initiative has identified key research priorities and highlights the importance of diversity, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2023
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Growing in the heart of the world's deepest valley are two plants that have fooled scientists for decades.
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Rice is one of the most important crops in the world and constitutes the primary food source for over half of Earth's population. Protecting rice plantations from disease is therefore an essential endeavor in modern agriculture. ...
Biotechnology
Mar 8, 2023
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Climate change is aggravating the impact of droughts on all plant ecosystems worldwide. Although new tools have been developed to detect and assess drought stress in plants—transcriptomic or metabolomic technologies, etc.—they ...
Ecology
Feb 22, 2023
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What is New England without the New England cottontail?
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2023
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Green leaves and photosynthesis were once considered essential characteristics of plants. However, some plants have stopped performing photosynthesis and take the nutrients they need from other organisms instead. One such ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 27, 2022
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Iron (Fe) is an indispensable micronutrient for plants since it is necessary for many important cellular processes. In order to survive Fe-deficient environments, plants have evolved sophisticated Fe deficiency responses ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2022
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The wide expanse of an ancient lakebed in New Mexico holds the preserved footprints of life that roamed millennia ago. Giant sloths and mammoths left their mark, and alongside them, signs of our human ancestors. Research ...
Archaeology
Nov 15, 2022
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Ranked as the world's most polluted capital city for four consecutive years, Delhi's dual governance structure involving politically opposed parties has prevented its leaders from agreeing on how to deal with a steadily worsening ...
Environment
Nov 15, 2022
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