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“#Study suggests light environment modifications could maximize productivity” Maize (left) and Miscanthus (right) Credit: WEST project/University of Illinois The crops we grow in the field often form dense canopies with many overlapping leaves, such that young “sun leaves” at the top of the canopy are exposed to full sunlight with older “shade leaves” at the…
“#Chronobiology: Researchers identify genes that tell plants when to flower” Credit: CC0 Public Domain How do plants know when it is time to flower? Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have studied this question and identified two genes that are key to this process. They were able to show that the ELF3 and GI…
“#New study reveals use of antibiotics on crops is more widespread than previously thought” The world is very aware of the overuse of antibiotics and the development of resistance in bacterial populations. This has led to calls for greater control and monitoring of their use in both human and veterinary medicine. What is less well…
“#Researchers take a bloody good look at the medicinal leech genome” An international team of researchers, led by Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) scientist Sebastian Kvist, have announced the completion and results of their work to sequence the genome of Hirudo medicinalis, a European leech, and one of the most prominently used medicinal species. The team…
“#Plants are marvelous chemists, as the gardenia’s DNA shows” In a new study, researchers report sequencing the species’ genome. Credit: YW Low Plants are some of nature’s most extraordinary chemists. Unlike animals, they can’t run from predators or pathogens. They can’t uproot themselves to seek out a mate or spread their seeds. So instead, they…
“#AI goes underground: root crop growth predicted with drone imagery” Michael Selvaraj, right, prepares to fly a drone at the Colombia campus of the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT. Credit: Neil Palmer / CIAT Root crops like cassava, carrots and potatoes are notoriously good at hiding disease or deficiencies which might affect their growth….
“#Improved heat-resistant wheat varieties are identified” One of the wheat fields of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. Credit: University of Córdoba Wheat, in its own right, is one of the most important foods in the world. It is a staple food for more than 2.5 billion people, it provides 20% of the protein…
“#Unpacking the two layers of bacterial gene regulation during plant infection” A colony of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae (green) in an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf (magenta: plant structures called chloroplasts). Credit: Tatsuya Nobori A study in Nature Plants has revealed new insights into how pathogenic bacteria regulate gene expression during plant infection, as well as…
“#Exploring the diversity of cell gatekeepers could be the key to better crops” Aquaporins inside the plant cell. Credit: Annamaria De Rosa Scientists have shed new light on how the network of gatekeepers that controls the traffic in and out of plant cells works, which researchers believe is key to develop food crops with bigger…
“#New plant gene editing approach improves speed, scalability and heritability ” Nicotiana benthamiana, also known as benth or benthi, is indigenous to Australia. Credit: The Voytas Lab. Breeding plants for specific characteristics goes back thousands of years. For most of that time, the process has been slow and tied to the agricultural cycle. Farmers identified…