Botany News

Posted November 5, 1999:

• DNA Tests Reveal Plant Roots' Underground Secrets

Posted October 19, 1999:

• Threats To Health Reduced With Bt Corn Hybrids

Posted October 14, 1999:

• Sea Level Rise Behind Tree Deaths On Florida's West Coast, UF Researchers Report

Posted October 12, 1999:

• Chemist Finds Key To Light's Effect On Plant Growth
• African Ants' Self-Defense Takes A Heavy Toll On Hosts

Posted October 8, 1999:

• Common Grass Infected By Fungus Makes Life Difficult For Other Species

Posted September 20, 1999:

• Clemson's Baruch Forest Science Institute Tracks Forests' Recovery From Hurricane Damage

Posted September 16, 1999:

• Even Hurricanes Have Silver Linings

Posted September 13, 1999:

• Getting A Boost From Edible Vaccines

Posted September 3, 1999:

• Researcher Finds Plant Toxin That Causes Fungal Suicide

Posted August 31, 1999:

• Cornell Scientists Turn To The Shady Underworld To Protect Vineyards

Posted August 19, 1999:

• University Of Toronto Team Discovers Salt Tolerance Gene In Plants

Posted August 13, 1999:

• Plants, Pathogens Engage In Trench Warfare

Posted August 12, 1999:

• Herbivores, Pull Up A Chair To The Table: Salt Marsh Plants At Higher Latitudes More Palatable, According To New Study

Posted August 10, 1999:

• Bioterrorism May Be Threat To U.S. Agriculture, Expert Says
• Researcher Reports That Invasive Grass Destroys Soil Nitrogen, Depletes Native Desert Plants

Posted August 6, 1999:

• New Tree Of Life For Plants: 'Animal Kingdom' And 'Plant Kingdom' Categories No Longer Relevant
• New Approach To Crop Genetics: Find Genes First, Ask Questions Later

Posted August 4, 1999:

• World's Biodiversity Becoming Extinct At Levels Rivaling Earth's Past "Mass Extinctions"
• JPL Infrared Camera Monitors Huge, Stinky Flower

Posted August 3, 1999:

• Botanical Evidence Indicates "Shroud Of Turin" Originated In Jerusalem Area Before 8th Century

Posted July 30, 1999:

• Lemurs Critical To Regeneration Of Madagascar Forests

Posted July 29, 1999:

• New Aspen Could Revolutionize Pulp And Paper Industry

Posted July 28, 1999:

• Digital Plant Doctor Diagnoses Plant Problems

Posted July 27, 1999:

• Colorado State Experiment Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia Will Show How Plants Detect Gravity; May Help Grow Them On Long-Term Missions

Posted July 26, 1999:

• Sorghum Gene Mapping Develops Stay-Green Line

Posted July 22, 1999:

• New Way To Genetically Modify Crops Without Transferring Genes Across Species Is Developed By BTI Researchers
• Plant Pathologists To Discuss Anti-Crop Bioterrorism And Food Security

Posted July 19, 1999:

• Fast Work By University Of Georgia Herbarium And Digital Imaging Technology Helps Identify Poisonous Plant Eaten By Child

Posted July 16, 1999:

• When Is A Pollinator Not A Pollinator? Tales From An Insect Crime Scene...

Posted July 15, 1999:

• Maybe You Can Get Blood From A Turnip After All
• Two-For-One Special: Industrial Enzymes And Food

Posted July 12, 1999:

• Heat Damage To "Photosynthesis Engine" In Symbiotic Algae May Be Among Major Causes Of Coral Bleaching

Posted July 7, 1999:

• Increased Atmospheric Nitrogen In North Atlantic Ocean Basin May Be Stimulating Algal Blooms
• Scientists Shed Light On A Piece Of Photosynthesis

Posted July 6, 1999:

• First Complete Physical Map Of A Higher Plant Genome

Posted June 22, 1999:

• Health Food Supplement May Have Great Value -- For Hogs
• Caterpillars Foiled When Tomato Plants Summon Parasitic Wasps

Posted June 18, 1999:

• UF Professor, Dutch Researchers Develop New Global Warming Tracking

Posted June 11, 1999:

• Do Wildlife Corridors Work? Studying Butterflies And Fragments Of Open Landscape

Posted June 10, 1999:

• Getting Tough On A Corn Disease

Posted June 7, 1999:

• Biologists Work To Preserve Rainforest's Endangered Plants

Posted June 4, 1999:

• Nematode Makes Scientific History

Posted June 3, 1999:

• Where The Wild Ones Are: Origins Of Staple Crop Found

Posted June 1, 1999:

• NC State Scientist Devises New, More Rapid Gene Silencing Technique

Posted May 18, 1999:

• New Wetlands Report Provides Foundation For Conservation Efforts
• Report: High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Duke Forest Growth By 25 Percent

Posted May 17, 1999:

• Urban Restorer Sees Trash Trees, Beetles As Signs Of Hope

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