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A Ruth Patrick Science Education Center program turns Hopelands Gardens into an outdoor classroom, teaching elementary school ...
New research has shed light on how plants precisely control their growth and development, revealing that seemingly similar molecular components fulfill surprisingly different jobs.
Then there’s all the science required to identify, classify, and codify those species. Botanists Lúcia Lohmann and Charlotte Taylor join Host Flora Lichtman to discuss their work discovering new plant ...
Researchers have analyzed 917 native forest plant species in Central and Western Europe and found that more than 80 percent prefer high-light conditions -- environments traditionally created by ...
When you put the plants in the water ... This film will be relevant for teaching Science/Biology at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in England, Wales and Early and 1st and 2nd Level in Scotland.
The mechanisms underlying virus perception and immune activation in plants remain poorly understood. Recent work shows that in rice, an E3 ubiquitin ligase senses viral coat proteins to activate ...
"Just before the dinosaurs disappeared, I think a lot of them were chowing down on flowering plants," says Kirk Johnson of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Johnson has unearthed many fossils ...
Feed the world. Protect the planet. The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources fulfills the tripartite mission of land-grant institutions – teaching, research and extension. From wildlife ...
It seems like Roald Dahl may have been onto something after all: if you hurt a plant, it screams. Well, sort of. Not in the same way you or I might scream. Rather, they emit popping or clicking noises ...
A new study from Uganda’s Budongo Forest draws on decades of data suggesting chimps understand the specific medicinal properties of certain plants and will go out of their way to treat the maladies of ...
You will be redirected to our submission process. We are delighted to present Frontiers in Plant Science "Women in Technical Advances in Plant Science” series of article collections. At present, less ...