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“#Selfish genes take sides in the battle of the sexes” The Battle of the Amazons (second version). Credit: Anselm Feuerbach (1873) Men may have a surprising genetic advantage over women, according to new research carried out at the University of St Andrews. The study, published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, focused…
“#Utilizing agtech plant labs for human testing could help fight pandemic, study says” GIFS’ liquid handling robot used to automate the dispensing of specific amounts of liquids to containers in the lab. Credit: Pierre-Luc Pradier. Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling the research equipment…
“#Enhancing food production with bee–friendly pesticides” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The development of eco-friendly pesticides urgently required to protect crops will be accelerated with funding from the Australian Research Council. Researchers from the University of Queensland, government and industry will be developing pesticides from the butterfly pea plant that could help to reduce the 20–30…
“#Engineering study examines sunflower stem growth” These microscope images show the cylindrical vascular tissue in a sunflower stem at six weeks, from left, eight weeks and 10 weeks of growth. With growth, the cross-section of vascular tissue becomes a more uniform circle, with an increase in cell diameter and cell wall thickness. Credit: South Dakota…
“#Weather-based decisions may reduce fungicide sprays on table beets” Effect of pydiflumetofen difenoconazole on the severity of Cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora beticola in a small-plot, replicated trial conducted at Freeville in 2019. Credit: Sarah J. Pethybridge, Sandeep Sharma, Zachariah Hansen, Julie R. Kikkert, Daniel L. Olmstead, and Linda E. Hanson A plant pathologist…
“#Site-directed mutagenesis in wheat via haploid induction by maize” Side-directed mutagenesis in wheat via haploid induction by maize Credit: IPK A new study recently published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal demonstrates how site-directed mutagenesis can be achieved in virtually any wheat germplasm by intergeneric pollination of wheat with cas9/guide-RNA (gRNA)-transgenic maize. For example, new allelic…
“#Research underscores importance of global surveillance of plant pathogens” Current distribution of bacterial leaf streak of corn. Credit: Mary Ortiz-Castro, Terra Hartman, Teresa Coutinho, Jillian M. Lang, Kevin Korus, Jan E. Leach, Tamra Jackson-Ziems, and Kirk Broders First spotted in the United States in 2014, bacterial leaf streak of corn is an emerging disease of…
“#Timing key in understanding plant microbiomes” Posy Busby, an assistant professor at Oregon State University, with black cottonwood trees. Credit: Oregon State University Oregon State University researchers have made a key advance in understanding how timing impacts the way microorganisms colonize plants, a step that could provide farmers an important tool to boost agricultural production….
“#Breeding new rice varieties will help farmers in Asia” Short-duration rice breeding trial at the IRRI, Los Banos, the Philippines. Credit: Dr. Phyo L.P. Won After interviewing smallholder farmers throughout South and Southeast Asia, one of the top needs they mentioned is development of shorter duration rice varieties with only 100 days from sowing to…
“#A biologist and a historian are looking for art to trace fruit and vegetable evolution” Authors Ive De Smet (left) and David Vergauwen (right) in front of a still-life painting depicting fruits. Credit: Liesbeth Everaert Plant geneticists seeking to understand the history of the plants we eat can decode the genomes of ancient crops from…