Asexual propagation of cultivated plants gets closer thanks to new study
When the female gametes of plants are fertilized, a signal from the sperm activates cell division, leading to the formation ...
Tag: plants
Researchers uncover key to molecular mystery of how plants respond to changing conditions
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a pioneering study that answers a central question ...
How leafcutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to degrade plants could provide insight into future biofuels
Scientists have spent decades finding ways to degrade plant materials efficiently and affordably so that they can be converted into ...
Habitats along roadsides and power lines can be essential for conserving rare plants
Managing forest edge habitats to maintain a gradient of forest cover and plant density could be critical to the conservation ...
Ants help reveal why sourcing different plants for eco-fuels is crucial for biodiversity
Although a renewable energy source, the use of biofuels is controversial because growing a small number of highly productive crops ...
Artificial “power plants” harness energy from wind and rain
Fake plants are entering the 21st century. Researchers developed real “power plants” – tiny leaf-shaped generators that create electricity from ...
How Tomato Plants Use Their Roots to Ration Water During Drought
Plants must be flexible to survive environmental changes, and the methods of adaptation they deploy must often be as changeable ...
Researchers develop effective vaccine against cow parasite by modifying sugar structures in plants
Mimicking sugary structures in plants plays a crucial role in the development of effective vaccines against the stomachworm Ostertagia ostertagi. ...
