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Researchers discover the evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone. Catmint, also known as catnip, is well-known for its intoxicating effect on cats. The odor…
Lasers and vibrations reliably assess individual fruits’ ripeness Test could reduce waste by 10% and help meet consumer demands for ‘ready to eat’ avocados A…
Findings have implications for increasing plant nitrogen use efficiency, reducing reliance on fertilizers. Plant scientists have long known that crop yield is proportional to the…
Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm trigger defense responses in a plant. In nature, every species must be equipped with a…
Researchers working on molecular-level responses in crops have taken a step closer to their goal of producing heat-tolerant wheat. Smart thermostats tell air conditioners to…
Greater tropical rainfall may increase microbes’ release of CO2 from soils into air. A study in the May 6, 2020, issue of Nature indicates the…
Researchers have discovered an ancient plant species whose reproductive biology captures the evolution from one to two spore sizes – an essential transition to the…
CABI has led a team of scientists on new research which reveals that a humble bug can help relieve more than 2 million sufferers of…
A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass–and carbon storage–in some tropical rainforests,…
A new global study reveals the extent to which high-yielding rice varieties favored in the decades since the “Green Revolution” have a propensity to go…
Tropical forest ecosystems are an important part of the global carbon cycle as they take up and store large amounts of CO2. It is however…
Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat. For plants, sunlight can be a double-edged sword. They need it…
Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist long-distance space missions. Astronauts in space live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as…
First Evidence of Rare Amino Acid in Plants Researchers at the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM) have confirmed…
The shape and growth of plant cells may not rely on increased fluidic pressure, or turgor, inside the cell as previously believed. Rather, a new…
Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the…
A fossilized leafy branch from the early Eocene in Patagonia described in 1941 is still often cited as the oldest bamboo fossil and the main…
Plants Benefit From More Bees, Especially Bumble Bees Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in rural areas. This has now been demonstrated experimentally…