Botany News
May 19, 2024
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May 15, 2024 — Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors linked to cardiovascular health and cancer risk, as well as lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, ...
May 17, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that a protein responsible for the synthesis of a key plant material evolved much earlier than suspected. This new research explored the origin and evolution of the biochemical machinery that builds lignin, a structural ...
May 17, 2024 — Plants have special corrective molecules at their disposal that can make retrospective modifications to copies of genes. However, it would appear that these 'Tipp-Ex proteins' do not have permission to work in all areas of the cell, only being used ...
May 16, 2024 — Many people are concerned about residues of chemicals, contaminants or microplastics in their food. However, it is less well known that many foods also contain toxins of completely natural origin. These are often chemical compounds that plants use ...
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May 16, 2024 — Vanilla, the most widely used flavoring compound in confectionaries and cosmetics, gets its sweet flavor and aroma from the chemical compound -- 'vanillin'. However, the large-scale production of ...
May 15, 2024 — Researchers have found a genetic pathway that facilitates inter-species communication between a marine worm, acoel, and its symbiotic ...
May 13, 2024 — While wildflowers and perennials are a must for supporting pollinators, there's no denying the popularity of many annual flowers for their colorful, ...
May 10, 2024 — The discovery of how a critical enzyme 'hidden in nature's blueprint' works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation, a ...
May 15, 2024 — Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is ...
May 15, 2024 — A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper understanding of the 'mouths' of plants ...
May 15, 2024 — The research cracks the code on the iconic baobab tree's origin story, revealing their surprising origins in Madagascar and incredible long-distance dispersals to Africa and Australia. The study ...
May 13, 2024 — Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating more fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil, according to new ...
May 13, 2024 — Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation ...
Earlier Headlines
May 9, 2024 — New research has looked into the potential effects of increased rainfall in regions being earmarked for expansion of temperate rainforests. Amid global calls for more trees to be planted as part of ...
May 8, 2024 — Even bugs as small as woodlice can disperse seeds they eat, setting a new record for smallest animal recorded to do so. The discovery underscores the crucial yet often overlooked role that small ...
May 8, 2024 — Adjuvants make vaccines more effective, though one of the best is an expensive extract from the soap bark tree. To lower the cost and avoid the laborious extraction process from bark, synthetic ...
May 7, 2024 — Plants' ability to sense light and temperature, and their ability to adapt to climate change, hinges on free-forming structures in their cells whose function was, until now, a mystery. ...
May 3, 2024 — Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. They form complex bodies with multiple organs that consist of a broad range of cell types. Developing this morphological ...
May 3, 2024 — Recent findings that plants employ a drought-survival mechanism to also defend against nutrient-sucking pests could inform future crop breeding programs aimed at achieving better broadscale pest ...
May 2, 2024 — Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...
May 2, 2024 — A wild orangutan was observed applying a plant with known medicinal properties to a wound, a first for a wild ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid 'engineered living materials' are made by ...
May 1, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of potato plants to bacterial ...
May 1, 2024 — Conventional plant regeneration approaches by cell culture require the external application of plant growth regulators, including hormones. However, optimizing culture conditions can be laborious. ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more efficiently produce different kinds of seed oil that it otherwise ...
Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in understanding how genetic drivers influence the evolution of a specific photosynthesis mechanism in Tillandsia (air plants). This sheds light on the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — Greening the way we eat needn't mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to 'boring' vegetables. A ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Different types of barley recruit distinct communities of soil microbes to grow around their roots by releasing a custom mix of sugars and other compounds, according to a new ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — A recent study utilized ground-based instruments to measure solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) that reflect plant health and ...
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. 23, 2024 — A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world's most popular treat. Researchers ...
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 ...
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- New Record Holder for Smallest Dispersers of Ingested Seeds: Woodlice
- An Adjuvant Made in Yeast Could Lower Vaccine Cost and Boost Availability
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Genomes of 'star Algae' Shed Light on Origin of Plants
- Plants Utilize Drought Stress Hormone to Block Snacking Spider Mites
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Wild Orangutan Treats Wound With Pain-Relieving Plant
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
- Marriage of Synthetic Biology and 3D Printing Produces Programmable Living Materials
- Calcium Can Protect Potato Plants from Bacterial Wilt
- Novel Genetic Plant Regeneration Approach Without the Application of Phytohormones
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Discovery of Mechanism Plants Use to Change Seed Oil Could Impact Industrial, Food Oils
- Unlocking the Genetic Mysteries Behind Plant Adaptation: New Insights Into the Evolution of a Water-Saving Trait in the Pineapple Family (Bromeliaceae)
Monday, April 29, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Barley Plants Fine-Tune Their Root Microbial Communities Through Sugary Secretions
- Scientists Released Long-Term Data of Ground Solar-Induced Fluorescence to Improve Understanding of Canopy-Level Photosynthesis
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Monday, April 22, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Plant Sensors Could Act as an Early Warning System for Farmers
- Unique Field Study Shows How Climate Change Affects Fire-Impacted Forests
- Making Crops Colorful for Easier Weeding
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Seed Ferns: Plants Experimented With Complex Leaf Vein Networks 201 Million Years Ago
- Twisted Pollen Tubes Induce Infertility
Monday, April 15, 2024
- How Blue-Green Algae Manipulate Microorganisms
- Tropical Forests Can't Recover Naturally Without Fruit-Eating Birds
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Biofortified Rice to Combat Deficiencies
- Genetic Underpinnings of Environmental Stress Identified in Model Plant
Monday, April 8, 2024
- How Plants Adjust Their Photosynthesis to Changing Light
- Integrated Dataset Enables Genes-to-Ecosystems Research
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Researchers Discover Key Gene for Toxic Alkaloid in Barley
- Lyrebird Synchronizes Elements of Its Mating Dance
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Researchers Find Energy Development and Tree Encroachment Impact Wyoming Pronghorn
- New Maps Help Decision-Makers Factor Albedo Into Tree-Planting Decisions
- Discovery of Amino Acid Unveils How Light Makes Plants Open
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Species Diversity Is Directly Correlated With Productivity in Eastern U.S. Forests
- New Route to Recyclable Polymers from Plants
- 'Winners and Losers' As Global Warming Forces Plants Uphill
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- Rose Essential Oil: A Safe Pesticide for Organic Agriculture
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Across Oceans and Millennia: Decoding the Origin and History of the Bottle Gourd
- Researchers Investigate How Freshwater Diatoms Stay in the Light
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Fairy Circles: Plant Water Stress Causes Namibia's Gaps in Grass
- Why Do Tree Frogs Lay Their Eggs on the Ground?
Monday, March 18, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Simple Trick Could Improve Accuracy of Plant Genetics Research
- Summer Solstice Triggers Synchronized Beech Tree Reproduction Across Europe
- Study Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Successfully Growing Plants in Space
- Exploring Arctic Plants and Lichens: An Important Conservation Baseline for Nunavut's Newest and Largest Territorial Park
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Alaska Dinosaur Tracks Reveal a Lush, Wet Environment
- Rainforest's Next Generation of Trees Threatened 30 Years After Logging
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- The World's Most Prolific CO2-Fixing Enzyme Is Slowly Getting Better
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Invasive Plant Time Bombs: A Hidden Ecological Threat
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Microalgae With Unusual Cell Biology
- Plant Lavender, Marjoram and Ivy on Your Green Wall to Clean Up the Air
Monday, March 4, 2024
- An Inside Look at Beech Tree Disease
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
- Photosynthetic Secrets Come to Light
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Friday, March 1, 2024
- Light Into the Darkness of Photosynthesis
- A New Plant's Name That Tells a Story
- Convergent Evolution of Algal CO2-Fixing Organelles
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- Cyber-Physical Heating System May Protect Apple Blossoms in Orchards
- Refrigerate Lettuce to Reduce Risk of E. Coli Contamination
- Small Dietary Changes Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint by 25%
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- Walleye Struggle With Changes to Timing of Spring Thaw
- Scientists Use Blue-Green Algae as a Surrogate Mother for 'meat-Like' Proteins
- Low-Temperature Plasma Used to Remove E. Coli from Hydroponically Grown Crops
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
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
- 'The Future Is Fungal': New Research Finds That Fungi That Live in Healthy Plants Are Sensitive to Climate Change
- Photosynthetic Mechanism of Purple Sulfur Bacterium Adapted to Low-Calcium Environments
Monday, February 19, 2024
Thursday, February 15, 2024
- Reforestation Programs Could Threaten Vast Area of Tropical Grasslands
- Asexual Propagation of Crop Plants Gets Closer
- Root Microbes May Be the Secret to a Better Tasting Cup of Tea
- Scientists Are Unravelling the Secrets of Red and Grey Squirrel Competition
- Researchers Shed Light on River Resiliency to Flooding
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
- Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Behind Enigmatic Shapes of Nuclei
- Pesticides to Help Protect Seeds Can Adversely Affect Earthworms' Health
- Controlling Root Growth Direction Could Help Save Crops and Mitigate Climate Change
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
- Friend or Foe? Ancient Partnership Between Moss and Fungi
- Inexpensive, Carbon-Neutral Biofuels Are Finally Possible
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
- Researchers Discover Key to Molecular Mystery of How Plants Respond to Changing Conditions
- 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