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Biodiversity Helps Protect Nature Against Human Impacts
February 6, 2013 — New research suggests farmers and resource managers should not rely on seemingly stable but vulnerable single-crop monocultures. Instead they should encourage more kinds of plants in fields and woods ... > full story -
Benefits of Bt Corn Go Beyond Rootworm Resistance
February 6, 2013 — Researchers find that Bt corn has higher yields and uses nitrogen more efficiently than non-Bt ... > full story -
Endangered Plants
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Behavioral Science
Pest Uses Plant Hairs for Protection: Trichomes Save Insect from Beetle Predation
February 6, 2013 — Guam cycads' hairy problem allows invasive insect to flourish. Everyone needs to eat. But it's a dog-eat-dog world, and with the exception of the top predators, everyone also gets eaten. To cope with ... > full story -
X-Rays Reveal Uptake of Nanoparticles by Soybean Crops
February 6, 2013 — Scientists have for the first time traced engineered nanoparticles, taken up from soil by crop plants, and analyzed the chemical states of their metallic elements. Zinc dissolves and accumulates ... > full story -
Pirate-Like Flies Connect Symbiosis to Diversity
February 6, 2013 — After a year of studying up close the symbiotic relationship between a mosquito-sized bug and a fungus, a biologist has advanced the scientific understanding of biological diversity. Jeffrey Joy has ... > full story -
Newly Discovered Plant Structure May Lead to Improved Biofuel Processing
February 5, 2013 — When a botanist approached his colleagues with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make ... > full story -
How Plants Sense Gravity: New Look at the Roles of Genetics and the Cytoskeleton
February 4, 2013 — The general response to gravity in plants is well known: roots respond positively, growing down, into the soil, and stems respond negatively, growing upward, to reach the sunlight. But how do plants ... > full story -
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Hydro Beats Nuclear and Coal, Beats Oil and Gas, Review Finds
February 4, 2013 — Researchers in Italy and the UK have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of hydro, coal, oil, gas and nuclear power. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but of these ... > full story -
Some Plants Are Altruistic, Too, New Study Suggests
February 1, 2013 — We've all heard examples of animal altruism: Dogs caring for orphaned kittens, chimps sharing food or dolphins nudging injured mates to the surface. Now, a new study suggests some plants are ... > full story -
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Genetically Modified Tobacco Plants Produce Antibodies to Treat Rabies
February 1, 2013 — Smoking tobacco is bad for your health, but a genetically altered version of the plant might provide an inexpensive cure for the deadly rabies virus. Scientists have produced a monoclonal antibody in ... > full story
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