Insects demonstrate color preferences
(Phys.org) —Insects prefer to eat green leaves rather than red ones, research from Victoria University has shown.
(Phys.org) —Insects prefer to eat green leaves rather than red ones, research from Victoria University has shown.
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2013
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The loss of eastern hemlock from forests in the Southern Appalachian region of the United States could permanently change the area's hydrologic cycle, reports a new study by U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Coweeta Hydrologic ...
Ecology
May 9, 2013
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Smoking tobacco might be bad for your health, but a genetically altered version of the plant might provide a relatively inexpensive cure for the deadly rabies virus. In a new research report appearing in The FASEB Journal, ...
Biotechnology
Feb 1, 2013
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University of Adelaide researchers have discovered that recent climate change is causing leaves of some Australian plants to narrow in size.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2012
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A team from LATMOS/IPSL, working in collaboration with Belgian researchers from the Institut d'Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique (IASB) and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), have revealed the existence of a major source ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2011
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The quality of agricultural seedlings is important to crop growth and yield after transplantation. Good quality seedlings exhibit characteristics such as thick stems, thick leaves, dark green leaves, and large white roots. ...
Other
Dec 12, 2011
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Though summer's flowers appear delicate and carefree to us, in fact plants must be tough enough to defend their blossoms against antagonists including florivores and nectar robbers, that is, insects who eat, steal or destroy ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2010
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In South-East Asia, the leaves of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes rafflesiana mimic flowers biochemically in order to trap insects.
Plants & Animals
May 7, 2010
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Plants use energy derived from sunlight to form sugars from carbon dioxide and water by the process of photosynthesis. Recent discoveries made by a research group at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany, provide ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2010
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To the gardening world it may have always been considered a fact, but science has never proved the widely held belief that watering your garden in the midday sun can lead to burnt plants. Now a study into sunlit water droplets, ...
Ecology
Jan 11, 2010
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