#plantsciences
Climate change unlikely to drive sugar maples north
Such changes could have major consequences on how land-based ecosystems function.
13 Jan 2020 ⋅ Journal of Ecology
Plant life expanding in the Everest region
Scientists used satellite data to measure the extent of subnival vegetation – plants growing between the treeline and snowline – in this vast area.
10 Jan 2020 ⋅ Global Change Biology
Plants from diverse European habitats associate with the same small group of highly abundant microorganisms
Plants in nature harbour complex microbial communities of bacteria and filamentous eukaryotes (i.e. fungi and oomycetes), and the composition of these communities profoundly influences plant growth and health.
23 Dec 2019 ⋅ Nature Ecology & Evolution
Spreading the seeds of Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous wisdom and modern science are helping to bring a highly nutritious seed to the world’s attention.
19 Dec 2019 ⋅ Economic Botany
Australian desalination plant attracts fish
Many nations operate desalination plants, which remove salt from seawater to make it drinkable.
18 Dec 2019 ⋅ Environmental Science & Technology
Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
Soil nutrients including phosphorus come from rocks, and are taken up by trees through their roots.
17 Dec 2019 ⋅ Global Change Biology
Soil study shows Australia at its most stripped back
The study shows the Australian continent at its ‘barest’ – or least vegetated.
13 Dec 2019 ⋅ Nature Communications
Research to turbocharge rice given major funding boost
Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.
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First ‘lab in a field’ experiment reveals a sunnier side of climate change
The field trial experiment - the first of its kind - was set up to investigate the link between warmer Octobers in the United Kingdom and higher yields of oilseed rape.
5 Dec 2019 ⋅ Current Biology
Formation of the Global Frankincense Alliance
The process of co-creating the Global Frankincense Alliance (GFA ) has been initiated by a group of committed people from industry, trade and academia dedicated to the propagation, conservation and sustainable harvesting of frankincense, myrrh and associated plant species.
5 Dec 2019 ⋅ World Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (WOCMAP 2019)