Because of its aggressive behavior and its harmful effects, the invasive prairie plant Lespedeza cuneata has been added to several noxious weed lists.
Ecology
Oct 8, 2014
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Bacteria isolated from the Saudi desert have demonstrated plant-growth-promoting properties that could make them useful as biofertilizers.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marching to their own drummer. That's what bacteria from different environments do when turning toxic, mobile selenium into a less dangerous, non-mobile form, according to a study led by Dr. Carolyn Pearce. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 12, 2010
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As farmers battle in their above-ground war on weeds, they may inadvertently create underground casualties – unintentionally attacking the beneficial bacteria that help crops guard against enemy fungus, according to Cornell ...
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2017
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Researchers at McMaster have designed a new way to rapidly identify antibiotics hidden in common dirt.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 16, 2019
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Soils store more carbon than all the vegetation on the Earth's surface. However, there are still many unanswered questions about precisely which processes favor accumulation in the soil. Under the leadership of the Helmholtz ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2022
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(Phys.org)—Move forward. High-five your neighbor. Turn around. Repeat.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 28, 2012
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In two papers to be published in Current Biology, researchers from JIC and The Sainsbury Laboratory on the Norwich Research Park, and Rothamsted Research and the University of York identify genes that help plants interact ...
Biotechnology
Nov 2, 2012
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Resistance to an entire class of antibiotics – aminoglycosides—has the potential to spread to many types of bacteria, according to new biochemistry research.
Biochemistry
Apr 7, 2014
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The interaction of fungi and bacteria in the transport of viruses in the soil ecosystem has been examined by a UFZ research team in a study recently published in The ISME Journal. The scientists showed a novel mechanism of ...
Ecology
Dec 21, 2021
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