... crops, but can also have a beneficial effect on the nitrogen levels in the soil for the cash crop planted during the summer season. The results could significantly aid in preventing soil erosion in ...
... fundamental building block in the cells of flowering plants evolved independently, yet almost identically ... Chapple's grant. "Different forms of lignin are present in crop plant cell walls; engineering ...
Use of biosolids (treated municipal sewage sludge) on crops is a common practice because biosolids are a rich source of plant nutrients and organic matter. However, these biosolids can contain ...
... can be precisely scheduled. Existing research can be difficult to generalize because of variations in crops, planting densities, and cultural practices. Determining growth stage, size, and water ...
... There can be significant water-saving consequences for farmers around the world. "We are developing plants that are more efficient in sensing water," says research doctoral student Tal Sherman, who is ...
... new ways to combat parasites that attack crop plants. Professor Neelima Sinha and colleagues ... where the parasite had plumbed itself into the host.
Plants often use small RNA molecules as messengers ...
... that sucks water and nutrients from its plant host also taps into its communications traffic, a new report finds. The research could lead to new ways to combat parasites that attack crop plants.
... 1 issue of the Journal of Virology and could lead to new ways to protect crop plants from these viruses. The structural information that the researchers have obtained may also benefit researchers ...
... to Al toxicity, Larsen said. He anticipates that introduction of the mutant versions of AtATR into crop plants would override the existing assessment mechanisms and allow for continued cell division ...
... up a large fraction of known plant viruses and are responsible for more than half the viral damage to crop plants throughout the world. New details of their structures, which were poorly understood, ...
Aluminum toxicity, a global agricultural problem, halts root growth in plants, severely limiting agricultural productivity for more than half of the world's arable land. Now biochemists have ...
... reproduction and may be used by plant breeders to control crossing behaviour in crop plants.
"In the future such information may become increasingly important as we strive to breed superior crops ...
... understand about how the pathogens that cause disease overcome the innate immunity to infection in crop plants, the better our chances of developing approaches to disease control that do not require ...
... dwarf viruses, which can infect more than 100 crop and non-crop plant species, reducing their growth ... yield. This virus is a major concern for cereal crop production around the world.
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... signals. But they haven't fully grasped how plants integrate these signals in nature. For example, when day ... importance of flowering timing for wild plants and crop plants, this model can help us better ...
