Cracking the pear genome: How students helped unlock a new tool for the pear industry
Pears are big business in the Pacific Northwest US. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries?
Pears are big business in the Pacific Northwest US. But did you know that traditional pear breeding has remained largely unchanged for centuries?
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 15, 2024
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Pear ring rot, a significant threat to pear production, is caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea, leveraging the complex dynamics of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during infection. Initially, plants employ their innate immune ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 5, 2024
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Locally grown produce fills Australian shops, but almost all of these species were imported, as native as cane toads. Icons of Australian agriculture, like the Big Banana and Big Pineapple, proudly display the regions' crops, ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2024
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Republican politicians typically favor low taxes and less regulation, which seems like a recipe for corporate profits and stock market success. In reality, however, this is not what happens.
Economics & Business
May 23, 2023
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When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree with long branches, covered with small white ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2023
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Ohio this year has banned the sale of Callery pear trees that are crowding out native wild plants in many forests across the country.
Ecology
Jan 21, 2023
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Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes.
Ecology
Apr 21, 2022
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Throughout history, leather has been a popular material for clothes and many other goods. However, the tanning process and use of livestock mean that it has a large environmental footprint, leading consumers and manufacturers ...
Materials Science
Mar 10, 2021
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Could cactus pear become a major crop like soybeans and corn in the near future, and help provide a biofuel source, as well as a sustainable food and forage crop? According to a recently published study, researchers from ...
Other
Mar 5, 2021
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With their tough skins, pointy armor and legendary stamina, cacti are made to defend themselves from whatever nature throws at them.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2020
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