Botany News

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Gene Controlling Flowering Boosts Energy Production from Sorghum
• Organic Tomato Juice Contains More Beneficial Phenolic Components Than Juice from Conventionally Grown Crops
• Rethinking Animal and Plant Disease for the 21st Century and Beyond

Posted September 26, 2011:

• New Flavors Emerge from Peruvian Cacao Collection Trip
• Plant 'Body Clock' Observed in Tropical Rainforest; Research to Aid Ozone Pollution Predictions

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Jumping Gene Enabled Key Step in Corn Domestication

Posted September 23, 2011:

• GM Food Solutions at Risk from Lobbyists, Experts Say
• Nature Offers Key Lessons on Harvesting Solar Power, Say Chemists

Posted September 22, 2011:

• Grazing Zebras Versus Cattle: Not So Black and White

Posted September 20, 2011:

• Making Better Melons

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Plant miRNAs Could Enter Host Blood and Tissues Via Food Intake, Study Suggests

Posted September 17, 2011:

• Breeding Soybeans for Improved Feed

Posted September 16, 2011:

• Are Genes Our Destiny? Scientists Discover 'Hidden' Code in DNA Evolves More Rapidly Than Genetic Code

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Cacao Collection Expedition May Yield Weapons for Combating Witches' Broom Disease

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Amateur Botanists in Brazil Discover a Genuflexing Plant
• 'Synthetic Biology' Could Replace Oil for Chemical Industry
• Bringing Botany Into the 21st Century

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Outsmarting Algae: Scientist Finds the Turn-Off Switch
• New Technique Elucidates Dynamics of Plant Cell Metabolites

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Biology, Crop Injury, and Management of Thrips in Cotton Seedlings
• How Can High-Quality Seed Be Reproduced?

Posted September 8, 2011:

• The Breathtaking Dance of Plants: How Plants Space out the Pores Through Which They Breathe
• Improving the Resistance of Maize by Using Bacteria

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Tree Rings Reveal Forest Fires from Hundreds of Years Ago
• China's Plant Resources Need Additional Protections, Experts Argue; Existing System of Reserves Is Failing to Conserve Wild Plants

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Bird-Pollinated Plant Mixes It Up When It Comes to Sex

Posted September 2, 2011:

• Research for Frost-Resistant Strawberry Plants
• New Research Finding Will Protect Vital Global Crops

Posted September 1, 2011:

• Tree-Killing Pathogen Traced Back to California
• Manipulating Plants' Circadian Clock May Make All-Season Crops Possible
• Using Less Water to Grow More Potatoes

Posted August 31, 2011:

• Bedrock Nitrogen May Help Forests Buffer Climate Change, Study Finds
• Cracking Cellulose: A Step Into the Biofuels Future

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Tropical Coral Could Be Used to Create Novel Sunscreens for Human Use, Say Scientists
• Are New England's Iconic Maples at Risk?

Posted August 29, 2011:

• How an 'Evolutionary Playground' Brings Plant Genes Together
• Panda Poop May Be a Treasure Trove of Microbes for Making Biofuels

Posted August 28, 2011:

• Arabidopsis: Thanks to Its Flexible Genome, the Plant Can Adapt to Various Environmental Conditions

Posted August 26, 2011:

• Medicinal Plants Used in Illegal Abortions May Help Stop Lethal Bleeding in Women After Birth, African Study Suggests
• Earth from Space: Summer in Bloom

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Molecular Chaperones Traffic Signaling Proteins Between Cells in Plant Stem-Cell Maintenance Pathway

Posted August 23, 2011:

• Comparing Soybean Production Methods
• Summer Drought Limits the Positive Effects of CO₂ and Heat on Plant Growth in Future Climate

Posted August 21, 2011:

• Plants and Fungi Play the 'Underground Market'

Posted August 18, 2011:

• New Component of a Plant Steroid-Activated Pathway Discovered
• A Quick Way to Grade Grasses for Ethanol Yields

Posted August 17, 2011:

• Making a Bee-Line for the Best Rewards

Posted August 16, 2011:

• Nature Reaches for the High-Hanging Fruit: Tools of Paleontology Shed New Light on Diversity of Natural Plant Chemicals

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