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Japanese researchers say they have found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide

Extra pores on plants could ease global warming: Japan study

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.


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Cucumber genome published

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The genome of the cucumber has been sequenced by an international consortium lead by Chinese and U.S. institutions. The annotated genome is published online Nov. 1 by the journal Nature Genetics.


Plants choose ammunition carefully

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Plants are anything but as defenceless as they might seem. Various plant hormones work together to specifically fend off attacks. Dutch researcher Antonio Leon-Reyes has now shown how these hormones cooperate. By 'consulting' ...


Hormone clue to root growth

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant roots provide the crops we eat with water, nutrients and anchorage. Understanding how roots grow and how hormones control that growth is crucial to improving crop yields, which will be necessary to ...


Expanded version of Phytozome.net released

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An enhanced version of Phytozome.net, a web portal for comparative plant genomics geared to advance biofuel, food, feed, and fiber research, has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute ...


New Breakthrough in Global Warming Plant Production

New Breakthrough in Global Warming Plant Production

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (41) | comments 8

Researchers at the universities of Leicester and Oxford have made a discovery about plant growth which could potentially have an enormous impact on crop production as global warming increases.