Plant Sciences

The wild relatives of chile peppers, pumpkins, carrots, and lettuce join a growing list of poorly conserved plant species; these ancient plants have genes that may help our food withstand the harsh climate of our future; if they don't go…

Credit: University of Bern, Image: Ramon Lehmann Rapid biodiversity losses, accelerated climate change, and a growing demand for land resources - these developments and their consequences are closely interrelated. Where this is concerned,…

Credit: Daniel Hallen/USask SASKATOON--The heady aroma of magnolia blossoms and lotus flowers might have wafted to your nostrils if you had gone for a walk 56 million years ago in the lush green forest which covered Canada's…

International team led by Göttingen University studies protection of coastal communities in biodiversity hotspotsCredit: Thomas Wanger As sea levels rise and adverse weather events become more common, vulnerable coastal communities are at…

A team of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University discovered that micromolar selenium doses increase the levels of useful biologically active compounds in the leaves of sweet basilCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal…

A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary preferences if their habitat is transformed by human activityCredit: From open sources, author: a_rabin…

Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one of its worst enemies amongst invasive species: the Oregon grape. To help mitigate the…

Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, N. Kilian, C. M. Siniscalchi, A. Susanna, M. Slovák, R. Thapa,... Accurately reconstructing the relationships between…

Credit: Dr Wuu-Kuang Soh. Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that "penny-pinching" evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly and ivy, are more climate-ready in the face of warming temperatures than…

Credit: Xianran Li and Jianming Yu AMES, Iowa - A new study that examines the genetics behind the bitter taste of some sorghum plants and one of Africa's most reviled bird species illustrates how human genetics, crops and the…