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Where do honey bees come from? A new study clears some of the fog around honey bee origins. The work could be useful in...
Snap beans hard to grow in cover crop residue
More no-till farmers are using cover crops to conserve soil and suppress weeds, but many vegetable producers are reluctant to get on board. That's...
Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation
If degraded and logged areas of tropical forests are left to nature, the populations of certain endangered tree species are not able to recover....
Alien species on the rise worldwide
Although it was known that the number of alien species increased during the last decades, it remained unclear whether or not the accumulation of...
Plant-made virus shells could deliver drugs directly to cancer cells
Viruses are extremely efficient at targeting and delivering cargo to cells. In the journal ACS Nano, researchers report they have harnessed this well-honed ability...
How a plant resists drought
Climate change will bring worsening droughts that threaten crops. One potential way to protect crops is by spraying them with a compound that induces...
Spread of lionfish in Gulf of Mexico is threat to reef fisheries
As the old saying goes: "You can't put the genie back in the bottle." Nowhere is this more evident than with the spread of...
Important to maintain a diversity of habitats in the sea
Both species diversity and habitat diversity are critical to understand the functioning of ecosystems, scientists have concluded in a new report.
Genes in albino orchids may hold clues to parasitic mechanism used by non-photosynthetic plants
How do plants give up photosynthesis and become parasites? A research team in Japan are using comprehensive analysis of gene expression in albino and...
New peptide hormone aids waterproof barrier formation in plant roots
Nagoya University researchers identify peptide hormones needed for formation and maintenance of plant root barrier to preserve ion homeostasis and adapt to harsh soil...
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