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“#Biological control agents can protect soybeans from sudden death syndrome” Recently, Mirian Pimentel, a PhD student, and a group of plant pathologists at Southern Illinois University, discovered a promising new tool to fight sudden death syndrome (SDS). They observed that several biological control agents (BCA), or beneficial fungi, were able to substantially reduce the growth…
“#Scientists unlock crops’ power to resist floods”
“#Genetics of the tree of life” The African baobab tree has 168 chromosomes in total. USDA researchers used fluorescent probes to see the genetic components of individual chromosomes within the cells. Credit: Islam-Faradi, Sakhanokho & Nelson The African baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is called the tree of life. Baobab trees can live for more than…
“#Researchers help inform cassava breeding worldwide” Anetor Omonuwa, assistant farm officer at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, holds a cassava variety undergoing field testing for high yield potential in IITA’s Ikenne research station in Nigeria. Credit: Cornell University Scientists in Cornell University’s NextGen Cassava project have uncovered new details regarding cassava’s genetic architecture that…
“#Plant living with only one leaf reveals fundamental genetics of plant growth” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Clinging to the walls of tropical caves is a type of plant with a single leaf that continues to grow larger for as long as the plant survives. Researchers at the University of Tokyo hope that their study of…
“#Microfluidic chip technology enables rapid multiplex diagnosis of plant viral diseases” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research group composed of Professor Takayuki Shibata and his colleagues at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology has applied a microfluidic chip technology to develop a multiplex genetic diagnostic device for the early detection and prevention…
“#Improving protein digestibility in sorghum” Sorghum varieties with high protein quality will help sorghum crop industry and the livestock industry. Credit: KSU sorghum breeding program Sorghum, a common food item in regions of Africa and Asia, has one missing puzzle piece. The missing piece? Protein digestibility, which researchers in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas…
“#First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolution” Juliana Vianna of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile among a group of rockhopper penguins. Credit: Juliana Vianna From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to the aptly named foot-long little penguin, these unique flightless birds have invaded habitats from Antarctica to the equator, not to mention the…
“#Third breakthrough demonstrates photosynthetic hacks can boost yield, conserve water” A team of scientists from the University of Essex has boosted crop productivity by 27 percent by resolving two bottlenecks in photosynthesis–the process whereby plants fix carbon dioxide into the sugars that fuel crop growth. Chidi Afamefule (left) holds an unmodified control plant while Kenny…
“#Success in promoting plant growth for biodiesel” Fig 1: In the plant cell, actin filaments, which are cytoskeletal proteins, are stretched around. Plant myosin XI bound to organelles moves directionally on these actin filaments, resulting in active intracellular transport called cytoplasmic streaming. Myosin XI bound to organelle moves on actin filaments as if it was…