Plant Research (Environment and Climate)

 

Brown algae could remove up to 0.55 gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year more

Researchers develop a highly sensitive novel technique capable of detecting chiral molecules within complex gas mixtures more

Discovery that plants protect their most essential genes transforms our view of evolution more

Nitrogen may boost plant productivity, but the imbalance with phosphor reduces water use efficiency. more

Plant occurrence data collected with an app uncovers macroecological patterns in Germany more

Plants collected by Darwin have helped reveal the ancestry of European potatoes more

Metabolites in above-ground parts of a plant reveal a plant’s successful mutualism with mycorrhizal fungi more

A biochemical mechanism controls which nanostructures are formed in calcite-forming microorganisms more

The difference between the annual minimum and maximum concentrations of carbon dioxide (the amplitude) is increasing as plant productivity improves, particularly in northern ecosystems. more

Study surprises with new numbers: forests of the Indo-Pacific region are as rich in species as the tropics in America more

Functional differences within a species ensure its survival and improve the productivity of the whole ecosystem more

RNA interference protects potato plants against herbivore attack more

The symbiosis by which nodule bacteria make atmospheric nitrogen available for plants has very likely exactly one evolutionary origin, about 100 million years ago more

Plants produce greenhouse gas from the amino acid methionine more

Researchers discover an additional level of this insect-plant symbiosis more

The greenhouse gas methane is also released by fungi more

During the evolution of plants of the mustard family a leucine producing enzyme mutated into an enzyme that protects plants against herbivores more