Deep in the evergreen woodlands of Washington's Olympic Peninsula sits a forest-within-a-forest: groves of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and western white pine in evenly planted rows surrounded by a tall deer ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2023
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A new study from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has shown that a common method of plants preserving seeds in "seed banks"—which involves storing them in soil until more favorable conditions for their survival ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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Walk through an old-growth forest in early spring, and you'll be dazzled by wildflowers, their jewel-like tones shining from the forest floor.
Ecology
Feb 21, 2023
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Banksia woodlands are an iconic ecosystem around the Perth region. They are home to more than 600 plant species and the banksia trees that grow in deep, nutrient poor sands are an important habitat for many threatened species, ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2023
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How seeds implant themselves in soil can seem magical. Take some varieties of Erodium, whose five-petalled flowers of purple, pink or white look like geraniums.
Biotechnology
Feb 15, 2023
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Unchecked hunting and environmental degradation in tropical forests, which previous studies have correlated with the reduction of large animals in this biome, may impede the generational renewal of large fruit and seed-producing ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2023
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In plants, the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a vital role in repressing seed germination and subsequent early seedling establishment, and ABA-INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3) and ABI5 are two essential regulators of these developmental ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2023
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The iconic yet endangered Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) has been shown to play a key role in seed dispersal for the non-photosynthetic plant Balanophora yuwanensis. This discovery, made by Professor Suetsugu Kenji and ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2023
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An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95 percent efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making high-yielding, disease resistant ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2023
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Oppressive temperatures can curb the growth and yields of multiple cereal crops, including rice, which is eaten by some 3.5 billion people worldwide. Though much of the research into heat stress has investigated its effects ...
Biotechnology
Jan 10, 2023
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