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Seeding a New Kind of Concrete
April 25, 2013 — Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers. ... > full story -
Just What Makes That Little Old Ant… Change a Flower's Nectar Content?
April 24, 2013 — Ants play a variety of important roles in many ecosystems. As frequent visitors to flowers, they can benefit plants in their role as pollinators when they forage on sugar-rich nectar. However, a new ... > full story -
Weeding out Ineffective Biocontrol Agents
April 18, 2013 — Biocontrol programs use an invasive plant's natural enemies (insects and pathogens) to reduce its population. Most biocontrol programs combine many different enemies. Some combinations of enemy ... > full story -
Hydrogen Sulfide Greatly Enhances Plant Growth: Key Ingredient in Mass Extinctions Could Boost Food, Biofuel Production
April 17, 2013 — In low doses, hydrogen sulfide, a substance implicated in several mass extinctions, could greatly enhance plant growth, leading to a sharp increase in global food supplies and plentiful stock for ... > full story -
Metabolic Fingerprinting: Using Proteomics to Identify Proteins in Gymnosperm Pollination Drops
April 10, 2013 — Proteomics is a powerful technique for examining the structure and function of the proteome. Proteomics can uncover the relationship between DNA, RNA, and the production of proteins -- enabling the ... > full story -
Seeds of Model Cereal Plant Now Available
April 5, 2013 — Seeds of the model cereal plant Brachypodium distachyon are now available to the international scientific ... > full story -
New 'Dual Resistant' Tomatoes Fight Lethal Pests With One-Two Punch
April 4, 2013 — In the battle against thrips, breeders have developed a new weapon: a tomato that packs a powerful one-two punch to deter the pests and counter the killer viruses they ... > full story -
Gene Discovery May Yield Lettuce That Will Sprout in Hot Weather
March 29, 2013 — Plant scientists have identified a lettuce gene and related enzyme that put the brakes on germination during hot weather -- a discovery that could lead to lettuces that can sprout year-round, even at ... > full story -
Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation: Inheritance Behavior in Corn Breaks Accepted Rules of Genetics
March 26, 2013 — New research explains how certain traits can pass down from one generation to the next – at least in plants – without following the accepted rules of ... > full story -
Ants Rise With Temperature
March 21, 2013 — Aphaenogaster genera are abundant woodland ants that disperse most spring flower seeds. This research shows how rising minimum temperatures affect cold- and warm-adapted ants. Warming minimum ... > full story
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