Resistance to disease should mean a longer life, but researchers have found that a mutant protein that helps a plant fight ...

"ADFs are involved not only in leaf aging but also in disease response and plant growth control," Professor Inada explained. "Further elucidation of the function of ADFs can help contribute to crop ...

In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed ...

A diet that replaces animal products with plant-based foods—whether unprocessed or ultra-processed—and includes soybeans can ...

Traditional tree health monitoring has been a hands-on, labor-intensive job. Scientists develop 'plant doctor' that could ...

The effects of climate change are steadily increasing worldwide, creating more challenging environmental conditions for plant ...

The N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow for an environmental permit needed for the construction of a controversial asphalt plant in Ashe ... and their families. Journal columnist Scott ...

Over millions of years, higher plants have evolved and adapted to exhibit intricate responses to environmental changes and developmental signals, which are ...

PVA copolymer (POVACOAT, Type F, Mw: 40 000) and Eudragit E 100 (Mw: 150 000) were kindly supplied by Nissin Kasei (Osaka, Japan) and Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany), respectively ...

The COVID-19 pandemic showed the value of changing direction in research. It should be incentivized, encouraged and celebrated. An analysis of landscape features and of river deposits preserved in ...

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