Botany News
December 13, 2024
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Dec. 10, 2024 — While trees can cool some cities significantly during the day, new research shows that tree canopies can also trap heat and raise temperatures at night. The study aims to help urban planners choose ...
Dec. 10, 2024 — Scientists found molecular evidence supporting the idea that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and only later evolved to support carbon assimilation in plant ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Extreme weather and pollution have increased the salt content in some soil, making growing conditions harsh for salt-sensitive crops like rice. Now, researchers detail a possible solution that doesn't require genetic modification to make rice plants ...
Dec. 6, 2024 — A research group has developed an innovative pesticide delivery system called nanopesticides. These tiny technologies could change how we use ...
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Dec. 9, 2024 — A pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) powered model able to understand the sequences and structure patterns that make up the genetic 'language' of plants, has been launched by a research ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — As climate change accelerates, scientists are sounding the alarm about its potentially devastating impact on the world's food supply. Researchers ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — A team has engineered potato to be more resilient to global warming showing 30% increases in tuber mass under heatwave conditions. This adaptation may provide greater food security for families ...
Dec. 4, 2024 — The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery. The find also stresses the diverse ...
Dec. 3, 2024 — Plant species can fulfill different functions within an ecosystem, even if they are closely related to each other. This surprising conclusion was reached by a global analysis of around 1.7 million ...
Dec. 2, 2024 — Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study. ...
Nov. 28, 2024 — The increased use of a chemical compound to replace TNT in explosive devices has a damaging and long lasting effect on plants, new research has ...
Nov. 26, 2024 — This unobtrusive, leaf-mounted sensor saves time and improves productivity by remotely monitoring the health of plants in ...
Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have identified two fungal enzymes that hijack the immune system of plants, playing a critical role in the colonization of plant roots. These findings open new avenues for interventions ...
Earlier Headlines
Nov. 26, 2024 — A research team has found some clues to how plants survive in colder ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — A team has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the squirting cucumber squirt? The findings were achieved through a combination of experiments, high-speed ...
Nov. 25, 2024 — Apples rank among the world's most valuable fruit crops, with production spanning more than 100 countries. Some apple trees naturally develop into what farmers call 'spur-type' ...
Nov. 21, 2024 — Morning glory plants that can resist the effects of glyphosate also resist damage from herbivorous insects, according to a new ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — For the first time, Ethiopian wolves have been documented feeding on the nectar of Ethiopian red hot poker flowers. This is the first large carnivore species ever to be documented feeding on nectar. ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — New spray developed by scientists could help boost UK farming and increase the UK's food ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A new study measuring access to nature for eight major global cities found most still have inadequate canopy cover, despite access to an abundance of ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as molds. The team grew plants and fungi in ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A few years back, a group of weed scientists showed that soil-applied herbicides are less effective against agricultural weeds in the context of our changing climate. Now, the same research group has ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Herbal medicine is difficult to produce on an industrial scale. A team of bioengineers have now manipulated the cellular machinery in a species of yeast so that one such molecule can now be produced ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environment that plants are unaccustomed to affect how they grow, putting much at risk. Increasingly, ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight -- in fact, many need it to stay alive -- but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers have studied at 103 locations in ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — The interplay between the genetic makeup of crops and the conditions in which they grow is difficult to untangle. A research team aims to help breeders analyze the interactions to make crops more ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Sometimes plants are so similar to each other that the methods developed by 18th century scientist Carl Linnaeus for identifying species are not enough. Completely new species of daisies have been ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — Researchers have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by 'touching' their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...
More Evidence That Europe's Ancient Landscapes Were Open Woodlands: Oak, Hazel and Yew Were Abundant
Nov. 13, 2024 — A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
- New Study Reveals the Explosive Secret of the Squirting Cucumber
- Study Finds Genetic Mechanisms Behind High-Yield Apple Trees
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Mixed Forests Reduce the Risk of Forest Damage in a Warmer Climate
- Sweet Tooth Ethiopian Wolves Seen Feeding on Nectar
- Light-Altering Paint for Greenhouses Could Help Lengthen the Fruit Growing Season in the UK
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Populations Overheat as Major Cities Fail Canopy Goals
- Building Roots in Glass, a Bio-Inspired Approach to Creating 3D Microvascular Networks Using Plants and Fungi
- Will Agricultural Weeds Finally Claim the Upper Hand in a Changing Climate?
- Bioengineered Yeast Mass Produces Herbal Medicine
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Some Trees Can Acclimate to Changing Temperatures
- A Single Cell's Siesta
- Tree Islands Restore Nature in Oil Palm Plantations
Friday, November 15, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Linking Data on Genetics, Traits and Environment Gives Crop Breeders a Wider Lens
- New Species Discovered With Refined DNA Technology
- Robot Identifies Plants by 'touching' Their Leaves
- More Evidence That Europe's Ancient Landscapes Were Open Woodlands: Oak, Hazel and Yew Were Abundant
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Facing the Wind: How Trees Behave Across Various Forest Settings and Weather Events
- In Greening Arctic, Caribou and Muskoxen Play Key Role
Monday, November 11, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Heartier Heinz? How Scientists Are Learning to Help Tomatoes Beat the Heat
- Greener and Cleaner: Yeast-Green Algae Mix Improves Water Treatment
- How Plants Grow Thicker, Not Just Taller
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Defense or Growth -- How Plants Allocate Resources
- Planting Trees in the Arctic Could Make Global Warming Worse, Not Better, Say Scientists
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Indigenous Cultural Burning Has Protected Australia's Landscape for Millennia, Study Finds
- Water Fern Gains More Evidence as Safe Potential Global Food Insecurity Solution
- Trees Cool Better Than Reflective Roofs in Vulnerable Houston Neighborhoods
- The Reasons Flowers Wilt Could Explain How Plants Spend (and Save) Their Energy
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Remote Control Eddies: Upwelled Nutrients Boost Productivity Around Hawaiian Islands
- Stem Cell-Like Approach in Plants Sheds Light on Specialized Cell Wall Formation
- A New Piece in the Grass Pea Puzzle -- Updated Genome Sequence Published
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Droughts' Impact on Pasturelands Is Measured in Order to Guide Extensive Livestock Management on Spain's Dehesas
- Solar-Powered Animal Cells
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Plant Diversity Enhances Soil Carbon Retention
- Harnessing Plant Odors to Revolutionize Sustainable Agriculture
- Marri Trees a Lifeline for Many Native Bee Species in Biodiversity Hotspot
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Soil's Secret Language: Researchers Decode Plant-to-Fungi Communication
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Chickpeas: Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Foods of the Future
- Nitrogen Pollution and Rising Carbon Dioxide: A Joint Threat to Grassland Biodiversity?
- One in Three Plants Call Islands Home: Many at Risk
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Modern Mass Extinction in an Ecuadorean Cloud Forest Found to Be a Mirage
- Arthropods Dominate Plant Litter Decomposition in Drylands
Monday, October 14, 2024
- Adaptability of Trees Persists After Millions of Years of Climate Change
- Changing Watering Practices to Improve Tomato Plant Health
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- New Seed Fossil Sheds Light on Wind Dispersal in Plants
- New Species of Clearwing Moth from Guyana Discovered in Wales
Monday, October 7, 2024
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- Ant Agriculture Began 66 Million Years Ago in the Aftermath of the Asteroid That Doomed the Dinosaurs
- The True Global Impact of Species-Loss Caused by Humans Is Far Greater Than Expected
- Decades-Long Research Reveals New Understanding of How Climate Change May Impact Caches of Arctic Soil Carbon
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Turning Plants Into Workout Supplement Bio-Factories
- Smoke from Megafires Puts Orchard Trees at Risk
Monday, September 30, 2024
- Imaging of Pathogens on Lettuce Leaves in Real-Time
- Megadiverse Flowering Plant Family on Isolated Islands
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
- Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of the Grape Family
- New Milestone in Plant Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- These Tadpoles Have Discovered a Unique Way of Not Contaminating Their Water Supply: Not Pooping
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024
Thursday, September 19, 2024
- Are Cows Pickier Than Goats?
- A New Forecasting Model Based on Gene Activity Predicts When Japan's Cherry Buds Awake from Dormancy
- Stopping Plants from Passing Viruses to Their Progeny
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
- How Plant Communities Change When Conquering Uninhabited Ground
- The Unexpected Protein Connection in Maize Growth and Defense
Monday, September 16, 2024
- Critical Crops' Alternative Way to Succeed in Heat and Drought
- How Gaps in the Canopy of a Floodplain Influence Microclimate and Soil Biological Activity
Friday, September 13, 2024
- Flowers Use Adjustable 'paint by Numbers' Petal Designs to Attract Pollinators
- Plant-Derived Secondary Organic Aerosols Can Act as Mediators of Plant-Plant Interactions
Thursday, September 12, 2024
- New Research on Plant Stem Cells Shines Light on How Plants Grow Stronger
- Photosynthesis: A Glimpse Into the Chloroplast Workshop
- Team Unravels Regulatory Mechanism That Prevents Stem Cell Differentiation and Maintains Gender Balance in Vascular Plants
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Self-Medicating Gorillas and Traditional Healers Provide Clues for New Drug Discovery
- Century-Old Experiment Secures Beer and Whiskey's Future
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
- Towards a Better Understanding of Epigenetics and Dynamic Gene Silencing and Reactivation
- What's Really 'fueling' Harmful Algae in Florida's Lake Okeechobee?
Monday, September 9, 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024
- Researchers Determine Molecular Interactions in Plants
- The Dictionary of Termites Has Been Rewritten
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- Providing Blooms All Season Long May Be the Key to Attracting Pollinators, No Matter What Landscape Your Garden Is Near
- Photosynthesis in Near Darkness