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Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...

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If you’re a female moth, finding the best plant to host your young may be as simple as taking a close listen. When low on water, some plants make high-pitched clicking noises, inaudible to humans.

Deep genome sequencing and comprehensive phenotyping of 294 samples of hexaploid sweet potato identify genomic loci with an increase in the number of copies of alleles that enhance the expression ...

From keeping oceans healthy to being used as an alternative to plastics, researchers believe seaweed has a multitude of uses ...

Plant biotechnology can be defined as the introduction of desirable traits into plants through genetic modification. Coating RNA- or DNA-loaded layered double hydroxide nanosheets with lysozyme ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — Biologists have revealed genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees. The research reveals a mechanism that has been stable in walnuts and their ancestors going back 40 ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity ...