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4 July 2012
Climate change is causing the leaves of at least one subspecies of Australian plant to narrow in size, a team from the University…
Research Briefs (20)
16 May 2013
Plants receive information through fungal networks that enables them to fight infestation, discovered researchers at the…
14 May 2013
Genetic secrets of the culturally prominent lotus plant have been unlocked by researchers from University of Adelaide.
A…
30 April 2013
Aerosols in the upper atmosphere can potentially mitigate the greenhouse effect by scattering or absorbing solar radiation…
3 April 2013
Increases in ground-level ozone make it hard for insects to interact with the plants they rely on.
Insects rely on olfactory…
27 March 2013
A new method of breeding pure lines of plants has been developed.
Plant breeding projects are often used for increasing…
6 March 2013
The pollination networks between bees and flowers are not as robust as they were 100 years ago.
Based on a comparative study…
5 March 2013
Australian native flowers have moved away from insects as pollinators and instead coloured themselves to attract birds…
26 February 2013
An algae gene has enabled plants to store lipids and vegetable oil in its leaves.
Unlike seeds, plants do not typically…
20 February 2013
Plants in swamps and marshes have been observed actively altering their environment to increase their species’ chance of…
5 February 2013
By studying the fertilised seeds of corn, scientists from the University of Colarado Boulder have discovered a form of plant…
21 November 2012
Algae can get energy from other plants, researchers from Bielefeld University have found. Conventional wisdom held that plants…
21 November 2012
Leaves do shrink when they dry out, researchers from the University of Arizona have confirmed. The study has implications…
2 November 2012
Plants are able to distinguish between pathogens and beneficial micro-organisms by detecting the different types of molecules…
5 October 2012
Evolutionary change is occurring rapidly around us, every day, as insects impose natural selection pressures on plants…
6 August 2012
Microbial communities living in and on plant roots can boost the health, growth and defence mechanisms of plants.
Research…
29 June 2012
Traditional Aboriginal and Indian plants may help manage diabetes, a new study shows.
Twelve medicinal plant extracts were…
6 June 2012
The greatest impact on seafloors and coral reefs comes from small marine snails, who consume a larger portion of seaweed…
25 May 2012
Plant pathologists and chemists have identified the mycotoxin profile associated with an isolated outbreak of Fusarium head…
15 February 2012
Plants both anticipate daytime raids by hungry insects and make sophisticated preparations to fend them off, using circadian…
23 November 2011
More than 60 years of scientific thought has been contradicted in a new study examining Columbine flowers.
The flowers…
