Agricultural biotechnologists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have developed a screening technique that can quickly determine how chemicals affect the growth of plants. Together with their colleagues ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2016
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Plants cannot move to find new places to live in, but they can actively direct their seeds to new suitable places for plant development. This 'directed dispersal' had previously been shown only for plants with seeds that ...
Ecology
Oct 14, 2016
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Researchers at The University of Western Australia have invented a new technique for 'flaming' wild seeds that could allow them to be used more easily in replanting large tracts of land such as reclaimed mine sites.
Ecology
May 23, 2016
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Research at the University of Leeds has identified a key gene that assisted the transition of plants from water to the land around 500 million years ago.
Biotechnology
May 19, 2016
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DEMAND for WA's native plant seeds is increasing for purposes ranging from revegetating former mine sites to high-end restaurants which use Aboriginal food plants in their cuisine.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2016
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A newly discovered insect species in prairie cordgrass may explain why increasing seed production has been so difficult, according to entomologist Paul J. Johnson, a professor in the plant science department.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2016
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In today's agriculture, hybrid plants are crucial for the sufficient production of food, feed, fuel and fiber. These crosses between two different varieties are deemed particularly hardy and far more productive than their ...
Biotechnology
Jan 28, 2016
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Kenaf seeds as well as other seedlings such as corn can now be planted in an economical, easier and organized way and faster with the use of pneumatic seeding machine.
Ecology
Sep 21, 2015
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Seed germination is a crucial step in the life cycle of a plant. This is why the small embryo is maintained in a state of dormancy until the appearance of optimal environmental conditions. The quality of its sleep is insured ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 3, 2015
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A molecular approach has been used to identify the protein responsible for germination of Striga seeds through visualization by green fluorescence. Striga, a parasitic plant known as witchweed has seriously affected millions ...
Biotechnology
Aug 21, 2015
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