Botany News

Posted May 1, 2009:

• Why Fertilization Results In Loss Of Plant Biodiversity
• Key Gene Allows Plants To Survive Drought

Posted April 29, 2009:

• New Hope For Biomass Fuels: Breaking The Ties That Bind
• Protein That Makes Phosphate Chains In Yeast Revealed; Implications On Crops, Human Diseases

Posted April 27, 2009:

• Is The UK Prepared For Sudden Oak Death?

Posted April 25, 2009:

• Is Biofuel Policy Harming European Biodiversity?

Posted April 24, 2009:

• Bacteria Tapped To Battle Crop-Damaging Roundworms

Posted April 23, 2009:

• Plants Absorb More Carbon Dioxide Under Polluted Hazy Skies
• Our Penchant For Rarity Could Threaten Conservation Efforts

Posted April 22, 2009:

• Plants Could Override Climate Change Effects On Wildfires

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Tulip Entered Europe Through Al-Andalus Five Centuries Earlier Than Believed

Posted April 20, 2009:

• Plant Gene Mapping May Lead To Better Biofuel Production
• 'Natural' Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria Protect Soybeans From Aphids
• Will Ocean Plants Adapt To Climate Change?

Posted April 17, 2009:

• Protein That Concentrates Carbon Dioxide In Algae Identified

Posted April 16, 2009:

• New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama
• Farmers Relying On Herbicide Roundup Lose Some Of Its Benefit

Posted April 15, 2009:

• Diet Secrets Of Elephant Family Named 'The Royals'
• Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast

Posted April 13, 2009:

• Male Flower Parts Responsible For Potent Grapevine Perfume
• Hemp Could Be Key To Zero-carbon Houses

Posted April 12, 2009:

• Food Security For Leaf-cutting Ants: Workers And Their Fungus Garden Reject Invaders

Posted April 10, 2009:

• Researchers Unravel Role Of Priming In Plant Immunity
• Genes From Tiny Algae Shed Light On Big Role Managing Carbon In World's Oceans

Posted April 9, 2009:

• Tropical Forest Seed Banks: A Blast From The Past

Posted April 7, 2009:

• Use Of Native Southern African Plants In Veterinary Medicine

Posted April 6, 2009:

• New Clues Discovered About Divergent Origin Of Sudden Oak Death Pathogen
• Tea Tree Oil And Silver Together Make More Effective Antiseptics
• Breakthrough In Global Warming Plant Production: One Step Closer To 'Holy Grail' Of Plant Biology Research

Posted April 4, 2009:

• Alternatives To Pine Bark And Peatmoss Identified For Commercial, Home Gardens

Posted April 3, 2009:

• Turning Back The Clock To Save The Bramley Apple

Posted April 1, 2009:

• Bacterial Rice Diseases Examined For Genetic Solutions

Posted March 31, 2009:

• 'First Economical Process' For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae
• Wheat Curl Mite Might Require Non-chemical Control
• Obtaining Bio-gas From Food Industry Waste

Posted March 30, 2009:

• Food Choices Evolve Through Information Overload
• 'Leaf Tatters' Linked To Herbicides: Study Explores Effects Of Herbicide Drift On White Oak

Posted March 27, 2009:

• New Wheat Disease Could Spread Faster Than Expected

Posted March 26, 2009:

• New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea
• DNA Duplication: A Mechanism For 'Survival Of The Fittest'
• Bees Prefer Shortest Distance Between Two Flowers

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Who Influences Purchases Of Native Plants?

Posted March 24, 2009:

• New 'Green' Pesticides Are First To Exploit Plant Defenses In Battle Of The Fungi

Posted March 23, 2009:

• Gliding Bristletails Give Clues On Evolution Of Flight
• First Discovery Of 'Animals-only' Pigment Bilirubin In Plants
• Tree Species Composition Influences Nitrogen Loss From Forests

Posted March 21, 2009:

• New View Of Oceanic Phytoplankton

Posted March 20, 2009:

• Plant Biologists Discover Gene That Switches On 'Essence Of Male'

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