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“#Sunfleck use research needs appropriate experimental leaves” Credit: CC0 Public Domain “All the roads of learning begin in the darkness and go out into the light.” This quote is often attributed to Hippocrates and exhibits a double level of relevance in photosynthesis research. The use of light by plant leaves to drive photosynthesis is often…
“#Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic carbon dioxide fixing enzyme Rubisco” Strategy for improving catalytic activity in rice Rubisco: WT (Wild Type, unmodified rice), SS (rice with sorghum RbcS), CSS (rice with sorghum RbcS transferred/rice RbcS knocked out). Credit: Kobe University A research group consisting of Associate Professor Fukayama Hiroshi (Kobe University, Graduate…
“#Improving the resistance of crops to combined climatic stresses” Credit: Jaume I University of Castellón The Ecophysiology and Biotechnology Group of the Jaume I University of Castellón has studied the essential mechanisms to obtain plants of agronomic interest with greater capacity to face high temperatures, high solar irradiation, drought or pollution. A study carried out…
“#Research explores factors influencing soybean injury by synthetic auxin herbicides” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Synthetic auxin products have given growers an important option for managing weed populations resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. But according to an article featured in the journal Weed Technology, there is one important downside to dicamba, 2,4-D and other synthetic…
“#Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement” Wheat grows at CIMMYT’s experimental station in El Batán, near Mexico City. A new study analyzing the diversity of almost 80,000 wheat accessions reveals consequences and opportunities of selection footprints. Credit: © Eleusis Llanderal/CIMMYT Researchers working on the Seeds of Discovery (SeeD) initiative, which aims to…
“#Analysis of Australian labradoodle genome reveals an emphasis on the ‘oodle’” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The creator of the Australian labradoodle set out to mix poodles and Labrador retrievers to develop a hypoallergic service dog. But, according to a new study by Elaine Ostrander at the National Institutes of Health, published September 10th in PLOS…
“#Virginia researchers studying ‘the sound of plants dancing’ to improve agriculture” Credit: CC0 Public Domain What do dancing plants sound like? It seems like the start of a philosophical essay question. But researchers at Virginia Tech think the answer could be one tool wielded in the future of agriculture in the commonwealth and beyond. Using…
“#Fatty acid receptor involved in temperature-induced sex reversal of Japanese medaka fish” Heat stress activates the PPARα signal in gonadal somatic cells through cortisol in the adrenal gland to differentiate medaka into males. Credit: Professor Takeshi Kitano A research collaboration based at Kumamoto University (Japan) has found that activation of PPARα, a fatty acid receptor…
“#Plant protein discovery could reduce need for fertilizer” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered how a protein in plant roots controls the uptake of minerals and water, a finding which could improve the tolerance of agricultural crops to climate change and reduce the need for chemical fertilizers. The research, published in Current Biology, shows…
“#Newly identified gene grants tomatoes resistance to bacterial speck disease” Bacterial speck disease, which reduces both fruit yield and quality, has been a growing problem in tomatoes over the last five years. Credit: Greg Martin Bacterial speck disease, which reduces both fruit yield and quality, has been a growing problem in tomatoes over the last…