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Saving Moths May Be Just as Important as Saving the Bees

June 5, 2023 — Night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees, and should also be the focus of conservation and protection efforts, a new study ...

Fungi Stores a Third of Carbon from Fossil Fuel Emissions and Could Be Essential to Reaching Net Zero, New Study Reveals

June 5, 2023 — Mycorrhizal fungi are responsible for holding up to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions below ground -- more than China emits each ...

Symbiotic and Pathogenic Fungi May Use Similar Molecular Tools to Manipulate Plants

June 1, 2023 — Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don't share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) ...

Plants Can Distinguish When Touch Starts and Stops, Study Suggests

May 31, 2023 — Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant cells responded to the touch of a very fine glass rod by sending slow waves of calcium signals to other plant cells, and when that pressure was ...

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Study Leads to Milestone Advances in Understanding Lethal Bronzing of Palm Trees

May 31, 2023 — Scientists have identified a key chemical associated with lethal bronzing (LB) infected palm trees. LB is a bacterial disease that kills more than 20 ...

Light Conveyed by the Signal Transmitting Molecule Sucrose Controls Growth of Plant Roots

May 30, 2023 — Researchers shows how information about the quantity of absorbed light passes from the leaves to the roots. Photosynthetic sucrose not only supplies ...

Groundbreaking Images of Root Chemicals Offer New Insights on Plant Growth

May 26, 2023 — Applying imaging technology to plant roots, researchers have developed a new understanding of chemicals that are responsible for plant growth. The chemical 'roadmap' identifies where key molecules ...

Weevils, Long-Nosed Beetles, Are Unsung Heroes of Pollination

May 25, 2023 — Some of nature's most diverse pollinators often go unnoticed, even by scientists: long-snouted beetles called weevils. A new study provides a deep dive into the more than 600 species of weevils, ...

Prescribed Burns Encourage Foul-Smelling Invaders

May 23, 2023 — Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed currently invading superblooms ...

Researchers Find New Mechanism for Sodium Salt Detoxification in Plants

May 23, 2023 — A team of researchers has found a mechanism in thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) which enables plants to provide protection against salt stress for their sensitive stem cells in the meristem at the ...

Identifying the Bee's Knees of Bumble Bee Diets

May 22, 2023 — A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

A Guide Through the Genome

May 22, 2023 — Plants show enormous variety in traits relevant to breeding, such as plant height, yield and resistance to pests. One of the greatest challenges in modern plant research is to identify the ...

How Plants Use Sugar to Produce Roots

May 22, 2023 — Along with sugar reallocation, a basic molecular mechanism within plants controls the formation of new lateral roots. Botanists have demonstrated that it is based on the activity of a certain factor, ...

Rare Tropical Plant Gains Appetite for Meat

May 16, 2023 — Under certain circumstances, a rare tropical plant develops into a carnivore. A research team has now deciphered the mechanism responsible for ...