. Scientific Frontline: Botany
Showing posts with label Botany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botany. Show all posts
Monday, April 13, 2026

A new mechanism for light-controlled plant growth

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Changes in cell wall fluorescence Cells exposed to light showed a different fluorescence pattern, consistent with the accumulation of large ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Artificial intelligence and drones to select the most resilient wheat

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Photo Credit:  Beth Macdonald Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Durum Wheat Resilience and Climate Adaptation Main Dis...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Building a Better Blueprint: New “Pangenome” Tool to Help Scientists Future-Proof Sorghum

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Ripe sorghum plant field, at Santa Ana, El Salvador Photo Credit:  Luis Rodriguez Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Sum...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Hotspots of plant invasion change from subtropical towards temperate regions

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The orange hawkweed is planted as a garden plant, and then sometimes escapes cultivation in large stands. Photo Credit: © F. Essl Scientific...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Cactus catalogue could help plant’s prickly problem

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Cacti can survive in the harshest environments, and yet almost a third of species are threatened with extinction. Photo Credit:  Haoli Chen ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Succulents as Role Models: Deciphering the Mechanisms of Drought-Resistant Plants

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The newly established succulent model plant Kalanchoë laxiflora in full bloom. The fleshy leaves enable water storage and a special, extreme...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for wound care

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Photo Credit: Tjaark Siemssen Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Neanderthal Use of Birch Tar for Wound Care T...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

European plants respond unevenly to climate warming

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Photo Credit: Adi Suez Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Thermophilization of European Ecosystems The Core Co...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Wild plants can rapidly evolve to rescue themselves from climate change

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Scarlet monkeyflower plant in natural habitat. Photo Credit: Seema Sheth. Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : E...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

New study sheds light on protein landscape crucial for plant life

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Helmut Kirchhoff, professor in WSU's Institute of Biological Chemistry, holds a tray of plants inside his lab's automated phenotypin...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Paternal mitochondria turn out to be less rare than thought

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Tobacco Plant Photo Credit:  Michael Schreiber  Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Paternal Mitochondrial Inhe...
Sunday, February 22, 2026

Archaeobotany: In-Depth Description

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Archaeobotany, frequently used interchangeably with paleoethnobotany, is the multidisciplinary scientific study of past human-plant interact...
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Moving biopesticides through plants opens new opportunities

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Dr Chris Brosnan and Dr Don Gardinar in the QAAFI laboratory. Photo Credit: Megan Pope Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Plants retain a ‘genetic memory’ of past population crashes

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Plant populations within fragmente...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

From sea to soil: Molecular changes suggest how algae evolved into plants

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The unique structure of the photosynthetic complex called Lhcp suggests how photosynthetic systems changed as photosynthetic organisms evolv...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Scientists uncover hidden ‘Winter Memory’ inside plants

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Photo Credit:  Lidia Stawinska Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Researchers identified a "winter ...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Botany: In-Depth Description

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / stock image Botany, also referred to as plant biology or phytology, is the scientific discipline dedica...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Plant Discovery Could Lead to New Ways of Producing Medicines

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The team focused on a plant called Flueggea suffruticosa  Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" S...
Monday, January 12, 2026

How Wheat Fends Off Fungi

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Photo Credit:  Wolfgang Hasselmann Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary Main Discovery : Researchers at the University of Z...
Friday, July 29, 2022

Orchid helps insect get a grip

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Figure 1 : The white egret orchid (Habenaria radiata) resembles a dancing white egret. Credit: Suetsugu Kenji / Kobe University Scientific F...