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Newswise: Biomolecular condensates – regulatory hubs for plant iron supply
Released: 23-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Biomolecular condensates – regulatory hubs for plant iron supply
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Iron is a micronutrient for plants. Biologists from the Institute of Botany at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) describe in a study, which has now been published in the Journal of Cell Biology, that regulatory proteins for iron uptake behave particularly dynamically in the cell nucleus when the cells are exposed to blue light – an important signal for plant growth.

Newswise: Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
19-Feb-2024 8:05 AM EST
Weedy rice gets competitive boost from its wild neighbors
Washington University in St. Louis

Weedy rice is an agricultural pest with a global economic impact. It is an aggressive weed that outcompetes cultivated rice and causes billions of dollars in yield losses worldwide. A study from Washington University in St. Louis offers new insights into genetic changes that give weedy rice its edge over cultivated rice in tropical regions of the world.

Newswise: An in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains
Released: 20-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
An in-person look at in-flux soybean supply chains
Iowa State University

To meet the rising demand for renewable diesel fuel, the U.S. soybean market is rapidly changing. A group of Iowa State University students recently spent a week studying soybean supply chains in person, a trip that stretched from Midwestern processing plants to Pacific Northwest ports.

   
Newswise: Pollinator's death trap turns into nursery
Released: 19-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Pollinator's death trap turns into nursery
Kobe University

In a group of plants that is famous for luring its pollinators into a death trap, one species offers its flowers as a nursery in exchange.

Released: 16-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Climate change has brought forward the flowering period in Doñana National Park by 22 days
University of Seville

A team at the University of Seville has studied trends in the flowering date of around fifty plant species over the last 35 years in Doñana National Park.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Released: 16-Feb-2024 7:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists save bamboo from toxic lead using a phytohormone cocktail
Scientific Project Lomonosov

Lead contaminates fertile soils. RUDN University agronomists have proven that phytohormones mitigate the consequences of soil contamination with lead. These phytohormones are produced by the plants themselves, but additional soil treatment helps to better cope with the toxic effects of the metal.

Newswise: Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea
Released: 15-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Root microbes may be the secret to a better tasting cup of tea
Cell Press

You’d think the complex flavor in a quality cup of tea would depend mainly on the tea varieties used to make it.

Newswise: By growing animal cells in rice grains, scientists dish up hybrid food
Released: 14-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
By growing animal cells in rice grains, scientists dish up hybrid food
Cell Press

From lab-grown chicken to cricket-derived protein, these innovative alternatives offer hope for a planet struggling with the environmental and ethical impacts of industrial agriculture.

Newswise: Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
Released: 13-Feb-2024 11:30 AM EST
Researcher working to identify trees likely to trigger power blackouts
West Virginia University

A West Virginia University urban forester is developing a method — with the help of artificial intelligence — to identify trees at risk of falling on power lines and causing blackouts.

Newswise: Global study: Wild megafauna shape ecosystem properties
Released: 11-Feb-2024 9:05 PM EST
Global study: Wild megafauna shape ecosystem properties
Aarhus University

For millions of years, a variety of large herbivores, or megafauna, influenced terrestrial ecosystems.

7-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Protecting the Protector Boosts Plant Oil Content
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new way to boost the oil content of plant leaves and seeds.

Newswise: Foul fumes pose pollinator problems
Released: 7-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Foul fumes pose pollinator problems
University of Washington

Nitrate radicals (NO3) from air pollution degrade the scent chemicals released by a common wildflower, drastically reducing the scent-based cues that its chief pollinators rely on to locate the flower.

Newswise: Scientists reveal why blueberries are blue
5-Feb-2024 5:05 AM EST
Scientists reveal why blueberries are blue
University of Bristol

Tiny external structures in the wax coating of blueberries give them their blue colour, researchers at the University of Bristol can reveal.

Newswise: New study finds corn genome can gang up on multiple pathogens at once
Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
New study finds corn genome can gang up on multiple pathogens at once
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In a changing climate, corn growers need to be ready for anything, including new and shifting disease dynamics. Because it’s impossible to predict which damaging disease will pop up in a given year, corn with resistance to multiple diseases would be a huge win for growers.

Newswise: Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
University of California, Riverside

When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest — breaking down the plant matter

Newswise: Two new freshwater fungi species in China enhance biodiversity knowledge
Released: 6-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Two new freshwater fungi species in China enhance biodiversity knowledge
Pensoft Publishers

Researchers have discovered two new freshwater hyphomycete (mould) species, Acrogenospora alangii and Conioscypha yunnanensis, in southwestern China.

Newswise: Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate-severity disturbances
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Complex tree canopies help forests recover from moderate-severity disturbances
Purdue University

Extreme events wipe out entire forests, dramatically eliminating complex ecosystems as well as local communities.

Newswise: Researchers at UMass Amherst discover key to molecular mystery of how plants respond to changing conditions
Released: 6-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
Researchers at UMass Amherst discover key to molecular mystery of how plants respond to changing conditions
University of Massachusetts Amherst

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a pioneering study that answers a central question in biology: how do organisms rally a wide range of cellular processes when they encounter a change—either internally or in the external environment—to thrive in good times or survive the bad times? The research, focused on plants and published in Cell, identifies the interactions between four compounds: pectin, receptor proteins FERONIA and LLG1 and the signal RALF peptide.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Mechanism of plants obtain nitrogen by supplying iron to symbiotic bacteria
University of Tsukuba

Leguminous plants have a mechanism (rhizobial symbiosis) to efficiently acquire nitrogen, which is an essential macronutrient for growth, through the nitrogen-fixing bacteria rhizobia.

Newswise: Large-scale Production Technology for Green Ammonia, Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Large-scale Production Technology for Green Ammonia, Essential for Achieving Carbon Neutrality
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Yoon Hyung Chul and his colleagues at the Clean Fuel Research Laboratory of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) develop an advanced catalyst for ammonia synthesis.

Newswise: Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Weather swings bring steadier results when studying crop adaptability
Iowa State University

Efforts to breed more adaptable crops benefit from testing locations with wide ranges of weather, according to a study co-authored by an Iowa State University expert on phenotypic plasticity, the disparate ways plants respond in different environments.

Newswise: Watching the Enzymes that Convert Plant Fiber into Simple Sugars
Released: 5-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Watching the Enzymes that Convert Plant Fiber into Simple Sugars
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Research from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and UC Davis sheds new light on how to access the sugars locked up in plants to produce petroleum-free fuels, chemicals, and medicines.

Newswise: Improving Climate Predictions by Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Microbes
5-Feb-2024 5:00 AM EST
Improving Climate Predictions by Unlocking the Secrets of Soil Microbes
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A team of scientists led by Berkeley Lab has developed a new model that incorporates genetic information from microbes.

Newswise: Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
Released: 1-Feb-2024 10:05 PM EST
Plant receptors that control immunity and development share a common origin
RIKEN

Plants are continuously evolving new immune receptors to ever-changing pathogens.

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Released: 1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
How Leafcutter Ants Cultivate a Fungal Garden to Degrade Plants and Provide Insights into Future Biofuels
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists developed a new method to map exactly how a fungus works with leafcutter ants in a complex microbial community to degrade plant material at the molecular level. The team’s insights are important for biofuels development.

Newswise: Microgreens made to order: Italian scientists have tailored iodine and potassium content of radishes, peas, rocket and chard
Released: 31-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Microgreens made to order: Italian scientists have tailored iodine and potassium content of radishes, peas, rocket and chard
Society of Chemical Industry

In a significant development for personalised nutrition, researchers in Italy have cultivated microgreens with bespoke nutritional profiles to serve individual dietary requirements.

Newswise: Fungal-rich soil may improve green roofs
Released: 31-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Fungal-rich soil may improve green roofs
Dartmouth College

Green roofs have become increasingly popular thanks to their benefits related to climate adaptation, mitigation, and urban biodiversity management.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists biofortify fenugreek with Iodine and Selenium
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists biofortify fenugreek with Iodine and Selenium
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomists have figured out how to increase the content of iodine and selenium necessary for humans in fenugreek. Fenugreek is used as a medicinal raw material and also for making seasonings.

Newswise: RUDN agronomists showed how to use natural “poison” to improve millet yields
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomists showed how to use natural “poison” to improve millet yields
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomists have shown that in low concentrations colchicine improves millet yield and grain quality. Besides, it does not hurt the genetic diversity of subsequent generations.

Newswise: RUDN agronomist treated fungal disease of bananas with green silver nanoparticles
Released: 31-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
RUDN agronomist treated fungal disease of bananas with green silver nanoparticles
Scientific Project Lomonosov

RUDN University agronomist and colleagues from Iran obtained environmentally friendly silver nanoparticles from paulownia fruit. They have proven to be an effective remedy against a fungus that affects bananas and other fruit crops.

Newswise: AI-powered app can detect poison ivy
Released: 30-Jan-2024 6:05 PM EST
AI-powered app can detect poison ivy
University of Florida

University of Florida scientists published a new study in which they show how they used artificial intelligence to confirm that an app can identify poison ivy.

Newswise: Protecting rice plants from heat when it attacks at nighttime
Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Protecting rice plants from heat when it attacks at nighttime
Science China Press

This study is led by Prof. Jian-Xiang Liu (State Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University).

Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
New research shows how pollutants from aerosols and river run-off are changing the marine phosphorus cycle in coastal seas
University of East Anglia

New research into the marine phosphorus cycle is deepening our understanding of the impact of human activities on ecosystems in coastal seas.

Newswise: Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think
Released: 30-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Asparagus and orchids are more similar than you think
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science

What does an asparagus have in common with a vanilla orchid? Not much, if you are just looking at the two plants’ appearances.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Sustainable practices can save Mexico's blue agave, tequila and bats
University of Gothenburg

Many associate tequila with lime wedges, salt, and parties. But the popular drink also has a negative impact on biodiversity, both on the blue agave from which it is made and, perhaps more unexpectedly, on bats.

Released: 26-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
American nuclear power plants are among the most secure in the world — what if they could be less expensive, too?
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne collaborates with Purdue University on new research aimed at lowering the cost of developing small nuclear reactors.

Newswise: Invasive ants change lion predation in Kenya
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Invasive ants change lion predation in Kenya
University of Wyoming

New research led by a University of Wyoming graduate student shows that invasive ants in a Kenyan savanna have caused lions to change their predatory behavior.

Released: 25-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
The underground network: Decoding the dynamics of plant-fungal symbiosis
Boyce Thompson Institute

The intricate dance of nature often unfolds in mysterious ways, hidden from the naked eye. At the heart of this enigmatic tango lies a vital partnership: the symbiosis between plants and a type of fungi known as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi.

Newswise: Diverse forests are best at standing up to storms
Released: 25-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Diverse forests are best at standing up to storms
British Ecological Society

European forests with a greater diversity of tree species are more resilient to storms, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society journal, Functional Ecology.

Newswise: Building buzz, WVU becomes first new Bee Campus USA affiliate of 2024
Released: 25-Jan-2024 8:30 AM EST
Building buzz, WVU becomes first new Bee Campus USA affiliate of 2024
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is being recognized as a certified affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program for its buzzworthy efforts to support pollinators on campus by increasing native plants and providing nest sites.

Newswise: Comprehensive Study Reveals Ecological Threat of Trace Organic Pollutants in China's Wastewater Effluents
Released: 25-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Comprehensive Study Reveals Ecological Threat of Trace Organic Pollutants in China's Wastewater Effluents"
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are good at cleaning up common pollutants but often miss tiny amounts of other harmful substances, known as trace organic pollutants.

Newswise: Special Feature calls attention to biological invasion research in China
Released: 24-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Special Feature calls attention to biological invasion research in China
Ecological Society of America

This month, the Ecological Society of America spotlights the challenge posed by invasive alien species in China with the release of a Special Feature, “Management of Biological Invasions in China,” in the latest issue of its journal Ecological Applications.

Newswise: Professor emeritus and creator of ‘people’s tomato’ unveils final variety
Released: 24-Jan-2024 11:00 AM EST
Professor emeritus and creator of ‘people’s tomato’ unveils final variety
West Virginia University

Mannon Gallegly, a West Virginia University plant pathology professor emeritus who has spent more than 70 years developing hearty tomato varieties for home gardeners, has created his fourth and final tomato — the West Virginia ’23, dubbed “Mannon’s Majesty.”

Newswise: The complexity of forests cannot be explained by simple mathematical rules, study finds
Released: 24-Jan-2024 4:05 AM EST
The complexity of forests cannot be explained by simple mathematical rules, study finds
University of Bristol

The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists have discovered.

Newswise: Novel methodology projects growth of native trees, enhancing return on investment in forest restoration
Released: 19-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Novel methodology projects growth of native trees, enhancing return on investment in forest restoration
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

Interest in forest restoration has increased in recent years, both on the part of companies and financial markets and in academia and government.

Newswise: For this beetle, ‘date night’ comes every other day
Released: 19-Jan-2024 7:05 AM EST
For this beetle, ‘date night’ comes every other day
University of California, Davis

Life on Earth runs on a 24-hour cycle as the planet turns. Animals and plants have built-in circadian clocks that synchronize metabolism and behavior to this daily cycle.



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