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Oct. 11, 2023 DNA analysis of mummified feces reveals two pre-Columbian Caribbean cultures ate a wide variety of plants, like maize, sweet potato, and peanuts -- and tobacco and cotton traces were detected too, ...
July 21, 2022 Researchers have identified the gene responsible for resistance in certain cassava cultivars against the devastating cassava mosaic disease. This is an important step for breeding virus-resistant ...
Sep. 10, 2021 Differences between gut flora and genes from konzo-prone regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may affect the release of cyanide after poorly processed cassava is consumed, according to a ...
July 13, 2022 New research has identified a genetic mutation that confers resistance to cassava mosaic disease ...
Jan. 5, 2022 A new study casts doubt on drought as the driver of ancient Mayan civilization ...
July 25, 2023 Newly identified plant fossils found in Argentina suggest that a group of spurges long thought to have Asian origins may have first appeared in Gondwanan South ...
July 11, 2022 Fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plant species encased in a 30-million-year-old tomb together with a parasitic ...
Mar. 12, 2024 A new article looked at 40 years of data collected on 40 pronghorn herds residing in the Wyoming Basin Shrub Steppe. Overall, 80% of the herds saw a decrease in productivity, and nearly 43% saw a ...
June 17, 2022 A new botanical survey of southwest Ohio found that invasive species introduced to the United States over the past century are crowding out many native ...
Feb. 17, 2022 Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia. Before the two landmasses merged, however, India rafted over a 'hot ...