University of East Anglia scientists have helped find a way to control different plant processes—such as when they grow—using nothing but colored light.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2020
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Researchers have taken positive steps towards using plant virus-based particles for the treatment of human autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
Bio & Medicine
May 7, 2020
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In a new study, published in the journal Nature, Michigan State University scientists show how plant genes select which microbes get to live inside their leaves in order to stay healthy.
Biotechnology
Apr 9, 2020
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A team of researchers at the University of Toronto has successfully tested a new strategy for identifying genetic resources critical for the ongoing battle against plant pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses that ...
Ecology
Feb 19, 2020
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists are figuring out how to pack more kernels onto a corn cob. One way to boost the productivity of a plant, they say, is to redirect some of its resources away from maintaining ...
Biotechnology
Dec 18, 2019
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The horizontal drilling method called hydraulic fracturing helps the United States produce close to 4 billion barrels of oil and natural gas per year, rocketing the U.S. to the top of oil-producing nations in the world.
Environment
Oct 31, 2019
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Beneficial microbes are considered a major promise for sustainable crop production. Utrecht researchers discovered that beneficial microbes on plant roots suppress host immunity to fully colonize and benefit their host plant, ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2019
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New research from Cornell University shows that plants can communicate with each other when they come under attack from pests.
Plants & Animals
Oct 3, 2019
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At an unprecedented scale, researchers have now cataloged the array of surveillance tools that plants use to detect disease-causing microbes across an entire species. Representing a major advance for plant biology, the findings ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2019
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Like humans and animals, plants defend themselves against pathogens with the help of their immune system. But how do they activate their cellular defenses? Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2019
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