Plant-powered sensor sends signal to space
A device that uses electricity generated by plants as its power source has communicated via satellite—a world first.
Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2020
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Scientist group highlights the need to address escalating levels of contaminants of emerging concern in water
The protection of our environment and natural resources is crucial. A major focus is on climate change, mitigation and adaptation, a core issue of which is the availability, quantity and quality of our water resources. However, ...
Environment
Jan 15, 2020
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Research identifies possible on/off switch for plant growth
New research from UC Riverside identifies a protein that controls plant growth— good news for an era in which crops can get crushed by climate change.
Biotechnology
Jan 13, 2020
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LED lighting in greenhouses helps but standards are needed
While LED lighting can enhance plant growth in greenhouses, standards are needed to determine the optimal intensity and colors of light, according to Rutgers research that could help improve the energy efficiency of horticultural ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 08, 2020
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Researchers struggle to engineer plants that cope with climate change
A new study published by biologists at LMU demonstrates that there are no simple or universal solutions to the problem of engineering plants to enable them to cope with the challenges posed by climate change.
Plants & Animals
Jan 07, 2020
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Specifying irrigation needs for container-grown plants
A study at the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences examined the efficiency of irrigation schedules used for container-grown plants to determine if they could be improved with specific daily ...
Environment
Jan 06, 2020
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Drones effective tools for fruit farmers
People have used the phrase "drone on and on" for a long time. Webster's dictionary defines this figure of speech as "to speak for a long time in a dull voice without saying anything interesting."
Ecology
Jan 06, 2020
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A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space
Farmers could soon be growing tomatoes bunched like grapes in a storage unit, on the roof of a skyscraper, or even in space. That's if a clutch of new gene-edited crops prove as fruitful as the first batch.
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2019
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Identifying a plant cell barrier to breeding more nutritious crops
What if we could grow plants that are larger and also have higher nutritional content? Michigan State University scientists have identified a protein that could be a major roadblock to growing such plants.
Plants & Animals
Dec 23, 2019
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Soil is our best ally in the fight against climate change—but we're fast running out of it
Take a handful of soil and hold it up to your nose. That fresh, earthy aroma is organic matter, part of which is carbon. What you can smell is the whiff of a solution for dealing with climate change.
Environment
Dec 17, 2019
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Plant
Green algae
Land plants (embryophytes)
†Nematophytes
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies, are estimated to exist currently. As of 2004, some 287,655 species had been identified, of which 258,650 are flowering and 18,000 bryophytes (see table below). Green plants, sometimes called metaphytes or viridiplantae, obtain most of their energy from sunlight via a process called photosynthesis.
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