New Research Reveals What Plants Need To Withstand Drought
Rising temperatures affect the plants that agriculture — and we —depend on. New research sheds light on how plants resist drought. All life forms have…
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How Plants Evolved To Colonize Land Over 500 Million Years Ago
Scientists analyzing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants have discovered how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control water…
Stanford Researchers Identify Dangerous “Double-Hazard” Zones for Wildfire in the West
Communities within the West’s wildland-urban interface are booming in the very places where ecosystems are most sensitive to drought, posing increasing wildfire risks in an…
Plants in the UK Flowering a Month Earlier Due to Climate Change
Climate change is causing plants in the UK to flower a month earlier on average, which could have profound consequences for wildlife, agriculture, and gardeners….
Huge New Study Estimates There Are 9,200 Tree Species on Earth Yet To Be Discovered
Number of Earth’s tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known, with some 9,200 species yet to be discovered. A new study involving…
Pathogen Evolution: New Structure Prediction Model Mapped 500 Previously Unsolved Proteins
Recently published work by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, lays the foundation for new ways of thinking about pathogen evolution. “Our research highlights…
Gecko-Approved: Copycat Red Nectar Shows Promise as a Natural Colorant
Sustainable, natural dye could solve a challenge for the food and textile industries. Plants that secrete colored nectars are part of an exclusive club. To…
Dry Rice: Cracking the Core Physiological and Molecular Traits of Drought-Tolerant Rice
Study links gene expression patterns to traits that improve drought tolerance in rice plants. For many smallholder farmers in South and Southeast Asia, rice is…
Why Lost Birds and Mammals Spell Doom for Some Plants
Animal-dispersed plants’ ability to keep pace with climate change reduced by 60%. In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how…
DNA Mutations Are Not Random: New Research Radically Changes Our Understanding of Evolution
Findings could lead to advances in plant breeding, human genetics. A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation, according…
DNA Mutations Do Not Occur Randomly – Discovery Transforms Our View of Evolution
Beating the Odds in Mutation’s Game of Chance Discovery that plants protect their most essential genes transforms our view of evolution. Mutations of DNA do…
Research Shows Gravitational Action of Sun and Moon Influences Behavior of Plants and Animals
Research conducted at the University of Campinas in Brazil was driven by observations of fluctuations in autoluminescence caused by seed germination in cycles regulated by…
New Species Discoveries Grow Earth’s Tree of Life: From the Lowland Forests of Madagascar to Easter Island’s Coral Reefs
California Academy of Sciences Researchers Describe 70 New Species in 2021 In 2021, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 70 new plant and…
Lychee Genome Tells a Colorful Story About an Ancient Tropical Fruit
Radiant and flavorful, lychees were so beloved that they were domesticated not just once in ancient times, but independently in two different regions of China,…
Grow and Eat Your Own Vaccines? Using Plants As mRNA Factories
The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they…
Plant Scientists Find Recipe for Anti-Cancer Compound in Herbs Like Thyme and Oregano
Thyme and oregano possess an anti-cancer compound that suppresses tumor development, but adding more to your tomato sauce isn’t enough to gain significant benefit. The…
The Tallest Begonia Species in All of Asia Discovered in Tibet
With over 2050 known species, Begonia is one of the largest plant genera. Since most Begonias are small weeds, a Begonia taller than a human…
New Grafting Technique Could Combat Panama Disease Threatening Bananas Across the World
Scientists have found a novel way to combine two species of grass-like plant including banana, rice, and wheat, using embryonic tissue from their seeds. The…