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Politics
Feb 16, 2014Category: PoliticsPosted by: turpentyneThe battle over genetically modified crops is heating up after a recent European Union vote.Forestry
Aug 2, 2014Category: ForestryPosted by: turpentyneIn an Australian first, blue gum and pine plantations in lower Southeastern South Australia will now be accountable for the water used to grow trees.Medicine
Jul 27, 2014Category: MedicinePosted by: turpentyneA new study shows that trees are quietly saving our lives from respiratory illness.Agriculture
Jul 19, 2014Category: AgriculturePosted by: turpentyneAs the world human population grows, a new report by researchers at the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment proposes improvements to how we farm.Science
Jul 19, 2014Category: SciencePosted by: turpentyneResearchers have created the first comprehensive library of genetic switches in plants, a tool that will better our understanding of how plants adapt to environmental changes and the development of more robust crop plants.New Species
Oct 13, 2013Category: New SpeciesPosted by: turpentyneA new plant on the eastern Mediterranean coast has been described as the maternal ancestor of a species of hybrid origin, Reseda odorata, valued since Roman times for the fragrance of its flowers, and used in the ancient cosmetics industry.Community
Nov 14, 2013Category: communityPosted by: turpentyneA new genus of ferns gets the honor of being named after Lady Gaga, by music-loving botanists who see a symbolic connection between these plants and the pop star.Biotech
Feb 14, 2014Category: BiotechPosted by: turpentyneA team at Max Planck, in Cologne, investigated morphological differences between Arabidopsis thaliana and its relative Cardamine hirsuta.Conservation
Jul 19, 2014Category: ConservationPosted by: turpentyneForests in Borneo has been decimated by logging, fire, and conversion to plantations, with as much as 30% overall forest cover lost since 1973, according to a new study.Gardening
Oct 13, 2013Category: GardeningPosted by: turpentyneBritish scientists have proposed introducing prominent hygiene advice labels on bags after discovering Legionella bacteria in 14 of the 22 brands of compost they tested.Paleobotany
Oct 3, 2013Category: PaleobotanyPosted by: turpentyneDrilling cores from Switzerland have revealed new fossil pollen grains that push the origin of flowering plants back by 100 million years to the early Triassic period.
Other Botany News...
Climate changes require better adaptation to drought 2018/10/16 18:19
Europe's future climate will be characterized by more frequent heat waves and more widespread drought. Heat and drought will both challenge crop production, but drought in particular will be a problem -- especially for spring sown crops such as maize.
Forest carbon stocks have been overestimated for 50 years 2018/10/16 16:01
A formula used to calculate basic wood density has recently been corrected. Basic density is widely used to compute carbon storage by trees. Researchers estimate that the error in the initial formula resulted in an overestimation of forest carbon stocks, to the tune of almost 5 percent.
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