Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places
How do plants space out their roots? A research team has identified a peptide and its receptor that help lateral roots to grow with...
Unraveling of 58-year-old corn gene mystery may have plant-breeding implications
In discovering a mutant gene that 'turns on' another gene responsible for the red pigments sometimes seen in corn, researchers solved an almost six-decades-old...
Ozaena ground beetles likely parasitize ants throughout their life cycle
Ozaena ground beetles likely have anatomical adaptations enabling them to parasitize ant nests throughout their life cycle, according to a new study.
Plant phytolith and water content influence rate of tooth enamel abrasion in vertebrates
Plant phytolith and water content cause differing degrees of tooth enamel abrasion in vertebrates. This study has implications for how tooth wear in extinct...
Blueprint for plant immune response found
Researchers have discovered the way plants respond to disease-causing organisms, and how they protect themselves, leading the way to potential breakthroughs in breeding resistance...
Rice plants engineered to be better at photosynthesis make more rice
A new bioengineering approach for boosting photosynthesis in rice plants could increase grain yield by up to 27 percent, according to a new study....
How trees and turnips grow fatter
Botanists have identified key regulatory networks controlling how plants grow 'outwards,' which could help us to grow trees to be more efficient carbon sinks...
Ancient gene duplication gave grasses multiple ways to wait out winter
New research shows how grasses count the short days of winter to prepare for flowering. The findings provide valuable insight into how winter-adapted grasses...
Finding an elusive mutation that turns altruism into selfish behavior among honeybees
For the first time, researchers have finally found the root cause responsible for thelytoky syndrome -- which dramatically turns bees from altruistic helpers to...
Variable venom: Why are some snakes deadlier than others?
By comparing records of venom potency and quantity for over 100 venomous snake species, researchers have discovered that the potency of a snake's venom...
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