Endangered Plants News
April 29, 2024
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Apr. 24, 2024 Scientists are using artificial intelligence software to analyze plant root systems, laying out a protocol that can be applied to gather data on crop and model plant phenotypes (physical ...
Apr. 22, 2024 New study finds microbes may influence the taste of mustard ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Using a pair of sensors made from carbon nanotubes, researchers discovered signals that help plants respond to stresses such as heat, light, or attack from insects or bacteria. Farmers could use these sensors to monitor threats to their crops, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 To make weeding easier, scientists suggest bioengineering crops to be colorful or to have differently shaped leaves so that they can be more easily distinguished from their wild and weedy ...
Apr. 16, 2024 By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a new ...
Apr. 16, 2024 According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's flowering plants developed much earlier than ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Plants with multiple sets of chromosomes, known as polyploids, are salt-tolerant or drought-resistant and often achieve higher yields. However, newly formed polyploid plants are often sterile or have ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Vitamin B1 is an essential micronutrient for human beings. Its deficiency is the cause of numerous diseases of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Researchers have achieved a significant advance ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers have identified 14 genes that thale cress -- a plant commonly used in genetic investigations since its genome is well documented -- express more when responding to five specific ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Light supplies the energy plants need to build up biomass. A research team is researching how plants adapt their photosynthesis to changing light. They describe a key molecular mechanism that ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Barley is one of the most important cereal crops on a global scale. Many barley cultivars produce a toxic alkaloid called gramine that affects the suitability of barley as fodder, but also helps to ...
Apr. 1, 2024 In 2022 and 2023, biologists from research institutes in the UK and the Falkland Islands led two expeditions to South Georgia to study the impacts of ...
Apr. 2, 2024 Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you've probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are ...
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Mar. 26, 2024 Scientists have uncovered a unique mechanism that regulates the opening of stomata in plants. Phosphorylation of the amino acid Thr881 on the plasma membrane proton pump plays a key role in this ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Tiny organisms such as bacteria and fungi help to promote the health and function of plant roots. It is commonly assumed that the composition of these microbes is dependent on the properties of the ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Cellulose, abundantly available from plant biomass, can be converted into molecules used to make a new class of recyclable polymers, to sustainably replace some ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Some plant species will 'win' and others will 'lose' as global warming forces them to move uphill, new research ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Plant species which are recommended as 'pollinator friendly' in Europe begin flowering up to a month too late for bees, resulting in low colony survival and low production of queens. This ...
Mar. 21, 2024 Following injury, plants release terpenoids to enhance their defenses. Researchers studying terpenoid-enriched essential oils (EOs) have found that rose EO (REO) can stimulate defense genes in tomato ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A research team has begun translating the complex molecular language of petunias. Their grammar and vocabulary are well hidden, however, within the countless proteins and other compounds that fill ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Researchers have published a simple trick that improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables -- such as temperature -- affect gene activity in ...
Mar. 13, 2024 A comprehensive study of the floristic diversity of Agguttinni Territorial Park, Nunavut's newest and largest Territorial Park, has documented 141 vascular plant, 69 bryophyte, and 93 lichen ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Scientists have discovered the gene that enables marine algae to make a unique type of chlorophyll. They successfully implanted this gene in a land plant, paving the way for better crop yields on ...
Mar. 6, 2024 Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries before rapidly expanding and wreaking ecological havoc, finds a new ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Green walls can strip pollution from the air -- and some plants do it better than others, according to new research. Researchers planted 10 species on a custom-built 1.4m green ...
Mar. 4, 2024 Plant biologists have uncovered an evolutionary mystery over 100 million years in the making. It turns out that sometime during the last 125 million years, tomatoes and Arabidopsis thaliana plants ...
Mar. 1, 2024 A new species and genus of fairy lantern, tiny glass-like white plants that feed on fungi, has been discovered in Japan. In the country renowned for its extensive flora research, the discovery of a ...
Feb. 23, 2024 An often-overlooked water plant that can double its biomass in two days, capture nitrogen from the air -- making it a valuable green fertilizer -- and be fed to poultry and livestock could serve as ...
Feb. 23, 2024 Iron is a micronutrient for plants. Biologists now show that regulatory proteins for iron uptake behave particularly dynamically in the cell nucleus when the cells are exposed to blue light -- an ...
Feb. 23, 2024 To ensure that plants flower at the right time of year, they possess an internal clock, which enables them to measure the amount of daylight during a day. Biologists now describe that the mutation of ...
Feb. 21, 2024 The tendency of communities and the species within them to become more similar or more distinct across landscapes -- biotic homogenization and differentiation -- are approximately balanced, according ...
Feb. 21, 2024 A new study shows that UK solar parks, if managed correctly, can provide vital resources to help stem the decline in the nation's bees and butterflies. The new research provides peer-reviewed ...
Feb. 19, 2024 In a group of plants that is famous for luring its pollinators into a death trap, one species offers its flowers as a nursery in exchange. The discovery blurs the line between mutualism and ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Maize Genes Control Little Helpers in the Soil
- New Route to Recyclable Polymers from Plants
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rose Essential Oil: A Safe Pesticide for Organic Agriculture
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Simple Trick Could Improve Accuracy of Plant Genetics Research
- Exploring Arctic Plants and Lichens: An Important Conservation Baseline for Nunavut's Newest and Largest Territorial Park
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Common Plant Could Help Reduce Food Insecurity
- Biomolecular Condensates -- Regulatory Hubs for Plant Iron Supply
- Altering the Circadian Clock Adapts Barley to Short Growing Seasons
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Increasingly Similar or Different? Centuries-Long Analysis Suggests Biodiversity Is Differentiating and Homogenizing to a Comparable Extent
- New Evidence Shows UK Solar Parks Can Provide for Bees and Butterflies
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Asexual Propagation of Crop Plants Gets Closer
- Root Microbes May Be the Secret to a Better Tasting Cup of Tea
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- How Plants Obtain Nitrogen by Supplying Iron to Symbiotic Bacteria
- Two New Freshwater Fungi Species in China Enhance Biodiversity Knowledge
Friday, February 2, 2024
- Scammed! Animals 'led by the Nose' To Leave Plants Alone
- Rare 3D Fossils Show That Some Early Trees Had Forms Unlike Any You've Ever Seen
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- 'Tiny Tornadoes' Around Leaves Spread Deadly Plant Pathogens
- Fungal-Rich Soil May Improve Green Roofs
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- AI-Powered App Can Detect Poison Ivy
- Asparagus and Orchids Are More Similar Than You Think
- Using CRISPR Technology, Researchers Succeed in Growing Tomatoes That Consume Less Water Without Compromising Yield
Monday, January 29, 2024
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
- 'Talking' Tomatoes: How Their Communication Is Influenced by Enemies and Friends
- New Study Unveils How Plants Control the Production of Reactive Oxygen Species
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
- Nearly Dead Plants Brought Back to Life: Keys to Aging Hidden in the Leaves
- Artificial 'power Plants' Harness Energy from Wind and Rain
Friday, January 12, 2024
- Human Activity Facilitates Invasive Plants' Colonization in Mediterranean Ecosystems
- New Rice Lines for Africa Offer Virus Protection
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
- Iron Influences Plant Immunity and May Promote Resiliency Against Climate Change
- Nutrition Needs Drive Bee Appetites
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Thursday, January 4, 2024
- Scientists Engineer Plant Microbiome to Protect Crops Against Disease
- Why Are Bees Making Less Honey? Study Reveals Clues in Five Decades of Data
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- Discovery: Plants Use 'Trojan Horse' To Fight Mold Invasions
- Wildflowers Increasingly Doing Without Insect Pollinators
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Thursday, December 7, 2023
- Urbanization Increases Seasonal Differences in Plant-Pollinator Networks
- It Turns Out, This Fossil 'plant' Is Really a Fossil Baby Turtle
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Monday, December 4, 2023
- Sugar Permeation Discovered in Plant Aquaporins
- Decoding Flavonoid Metabolism: A Closer Look at Plant-Based Diets
- Botany Must Feature More Prominently on the School Curriculum to Promote Awareness of Climate Change, Study Warns
Thursday, November 30, 2023
- Genomic Study Sheds Light on How Carnivorous Asian Pitcher Plants Acquired Signature Insect Trap
- Vertically Farmed Greens Taste as Good as Organic Ones
- The Waxy Surface Protecting Plants Might Hold the Key to Developing Stronger Crops
- How Far Can the Wind Can Carry a Plant's Seeds? New Model
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Friday, November 17, 2023
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Hemp Cannabinoids May Have Evolved to Deter Insect Pests
- Genetic Discovery Promises High-Iron Vegetables and Cereals
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Research Provides Crucial Insights Into Moss Growth Under Elevated CO2 Levels That May Benefit Climate Change Models
- A Tale of Two Proteins: Fundamental Research Could Make Growing Better Crops Like Clockwork
Monday, November 13, 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- A Fifth of European Red List Flora and Fauna Species May Be at Risk of Extinction
- Identifying a Silicon Transporter to Improve the Yield of Rice
Monday, November 6, 2023
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
Monday, October 23, 2023
- Discovery Finds Ferns Produce Crop-Saving Insecticide
- Plants Transformed Into Detectors of Dangerous Chemicals
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- Mummified Feces Reveals Pre-Columbian Cultures of the Caribbean Consumed a Diversity of Plants
- Epiphytes, Amazing Plants Like Moss and Bromeliads Found in Trees, Face Growing Threats
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
- Meadow Spittlebug's Record-Breaking Diet Also Makes It Top Disease Carrier for Plants
- Honeybees Are More Selective in Their Choices for Nutrition Than Previously Thought
- AI Drones to Help Farmers Optimize Vegetable Yields
Friday, September 29, 2023
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
- How to Save Plants from Climate Change? Just Ask Them
- Genetically Engineering Associations Between Plants and Nitrogen-Fixing Microbes Could Lessen Dependence on Synthetic Fertilizer