Honey yields in the U.S. have been declining since the 1990s, with honey producers and scientists unsure why, but a new study by Penn State researchers has uncovered clues in the mystery of the missing honey.
Ecology
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Microbial communities are highly diverse, yet the mechanisms underlying microbial community assembly are not well understood. In 1967, Daniel Janzen hypothesized that low climatic variability along elevational gradients results ...
Ecology
Jan 3, 2024
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In a study published in Remote Sensing, scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have employed a Desertification Difference Index (DDI) model to better understand ...
Environment
Dec 27, 2023
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The increasing frequency of extreme weather events and global population growth present challenges to food security, emphasizing the need for resilient and high-yielding crops. Central to this challenge is understanding Root ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 20, 2023
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Christmas tree breeder Jim Rockis knows what it looks like when one dies long before it can reach a buyer.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2023
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New research has made significant strides in understanding how coniferous forest ecosystems may respond to climatic changes. The study investigates the relationship between tree-ring indices (TRI) and the Normalized Difference ...
Ecology
Dec 14, 2023
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With the "MetaInvert" project, scientists are providing extensive genomic data on 232 species of previously little-studied organisms. They are tiny, enormously diverse, and widespread in the soil: soil invertebrates such ...
Ecology
Dec 12, 2023
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Biocrusts, comprised of diverse organisms such as mosses, lichens, and cyanobacteria, have an enormous influence on soil carbon dynamics. Therefore, understanding the function and response of biocrusts to environmental stressors ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 8, 2023
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Grapevine is a globally significant fruit crop that exhibits remarkable phenotypic plasticity (PP) due to genotype-per-environment interactions (a concept known as terroir). This adaptability impacts physiological, molecular ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 15, 2023
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A multiyear analysis tested whether management zone maps based on soil conditions, topography or other landscape features can reliably predict which parts of a cornfield will respond best to higher rates of seeding or nitrogen ...
Ecology
Oct 16, 2023
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