Unlikely pair of plants named after stars of movie 'twins'
Biologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have named an unlikely pair of plants after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the stars of the...
Symbiotic bacteria: From hitchhiker to beetle bodyguard
Bacterial symbionts transition between plant pathogenicity and insect defensive mutualism, a new report demonstrates. The bacterium Burkholderia gladioli lives in specific organs of a...
How plants form their sugar transport routes
In experiments on transport tissues in plants, researchers from Heidelberg University were able to identify factors of crucial importance for the formation of the...
Fukomys livingstoni, I presume?
Two new species of African mole-rat have been discovered by researchers. The species, formally described as Fukomys hanangensis and Fukomys livingstoni, were found around...
Ammonium nitrogen input increases the synthesis of anticarcinogenic compounds in broccoli
Plants need nitrogen to grow, and intensive agriculture requires the input of nitrogen compounds. However, classical, nitrate-based fertilization is responsible for considerable environmental problems,...
Plant's parent genes cooperate in shaping their child
A group of plant biologists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University, have reported in the journal Genes and Development, on...
Bergamotene in tobacco plants: Alluring and lethal for manduca sexta moths
The tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta is an important pollinator of the wild tobacco species Nicotiana attenuata; yet hungry larvae hatch from the eggs these...
Plant scientists identify aphid-destroying wasps in cup plants
Entomologists will find it easier to identify parasitic wasps and their host aphids, thanks to the work of South Dakota State University entomologist Paul...
Action required: Invasive fungus is killing European salamanders
A new fungal disease brought in from Asia is threatening European salamanders. Once the amphibians become infected, they die within a brief period of...
Bears breed across species borders
Scientists have sequenced the entire genomes of four bear species, making it now possible to analyze the evolutionary history of all bears at the...
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