News tagged with plant species
Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana
Nov 19, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.
Save the seeds: Scientists are relocating plants that may be affected by climate change
Nov 17, 2009 |
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As warmer temperatures threaten to devastate plant species across the globe, scientists are taking the lead by relocating plants to safer grounds, according to a recent New York Times article.
Online Encyclopedia of Life reaches 150,000 species
Aug 25, 2009 |
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The public and scientists have helped create the first 150,000 species pages in the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the global online project to create a page for each of the 1.8 million known species on the planet.
Protea plants help unlock secrets of species 'hotspots'
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New species of flowering plants called proteas are exploding onto the scene three times faster in parts of Australia and South Africa than anywhere else in the world, creating exceptional ...
DNA 'barcode' for tropical trees
Nov 04, 2009 |
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In foods, soil samples or customs checks, plant fragments sometimes need to be quickly identified. The use of DNA “barcodes” to itemize plant biodiversity was proposed during the 1992 Rio de Janeiro Summit. ...
Nitrogen research shows how some plants invade, take over others
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen.
Beneficial plant 'spillover' effect seen from landscape corridors
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a North Carolina State University biologist and colleagues shows that using landscape corridors, the "superhighways" that connect isolated patches of habitat, to protect certain plants has a large ...
Researchers identify a process that regulates seed germination
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.
Cracking the species code for plants
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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A recent article published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society searches for one or more short pieces of DNA code that could eventually be used in an automated fashion to reliably identify almost all land plant ...
Flora not flourishing in world's hotspots
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Calgary have found the biodiversity picture in the region known as the "lungs of the Earth" contradicts commonly held views relating to extinction in that area.
Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...
Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants
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Nov 19, 2008 |
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Plants that range northward because of climate change may be better at defending themselves against local enemies than native plants.
Thousands of plant species likely to go extinct in Amazon
Jul 09, 2009 |
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As many as 4,550 of the more than 50,000 plant species in the Amazon will likely disappear because of land-use changes and habitat loss within the next 40 years, according to a new study by two Wake Forest University researchers.
Smaller plants punch above their weight in the forest
Jul 14, 2009 |
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New findings from Queen's University biologists show that in the plant world, bigger isn't necessarily better.
DNA duplication: A mechanism for 'survival of the fittest'
Mar 23, 2009 |
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VIB researchers connected to Ghent University, Belgium, have discovered that DNA duplications have given plants an evolutionary advantage. This mechanism enabled plants -- in contrast to the dinosaurs -- to survive the Cretaceous-Tertiary ...
