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How did flowering plants evolve to dominate Earth?

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

To Charles Darwin it was an 'abominable mystery' and it is a question which has continued to vex evolutionists to this day: when did flowering plants evolve and how did they come to dominate plant life on earth? Today a study ...


Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Whiteflies sabotage alarm system of plant in distress

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When spider mites attack a bean plant, the plant responds by producing odours which attract predatory mites. These predatory mites then exterminate the spider mite population, thus acting ...


Maryland Farmer grows plants for green roofs around nation

Space & Earth / Environment

created 2 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It is a crisp fall day on Emory Knoll Farms as John Shepley stops at a raspberry bush, picks a few berries and pops them into his mouth on his walk to the greenhouses.


ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

Biology / Ecology

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton growers will be better able to keep an eye out for two common pests because of a comprehensive survey by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at College Station, Texas.


Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence ...


NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

NREL Breaks Down Walls for Biofuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to ...


When roots lose contact

When roots lose contact

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plant roots can shrink as a result of water deficit and lose contact with the surrounding soil. This effect has been suspected for a long time, but has only now been demonstrated for a fact with the help of ...


When camouflage is a plant's best protection

Rare woodland plant uses 'cryptic coloration' to hide from predators

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It is well known that some animal species use camouflage to hide from predators. Individuals that are able to blend in to their surroundings and avoid being eaten are able to survive longer, reproduce, and ...


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Bacterial gut symbionts are tightly linked with the evolution of herbivory in ants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Broadly speaking, ants have two different feeding strategies. A large proportion of all species are "carnivorous," meaning that they are generalist predators feeding on other small animals or scavenging on ...


Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.



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