Tree Mortality and Droughts: A Global Perspective
Stress-induced embolisms that interrupt water transport are a universal component of tree mortality.
Stress-induced embolisms that interrupt water transport are a universal component of tree mortality.
A new class of plant-specific genes required for flowering control in temperate grasses is found.
Demonstrating the microfluidic-based, mini-metagenomics approach on samples from hot springs shows how scientists can delve into microbes that can’t be cultivated in a laboratory.
First complete picture of genetic variations in a natural algal population could help explain how environmental changes affect global carbon cycles.
The genetic material of Porphyra umbilicalis reveals the mechanisms by which it thrives in the stressful intertidal zone at the edge of the ocean.
Genome-wide rice studies yield first major, large-scale collection of mutations for grass model crops, vital to boosting biofuel production.
Specific modifications to fungi DNA may hold the secret to turning common plant degradation agents into biofuel producers
Neutrons provide the solution to nanoscale examination of living cell membrane and confirm the existence of lipid rafts.
Researchers convert 80 percent of biomass into high-value products.
Switchgrass cultivated during a year of severe drought inhibited microbial fermentation and resulting biofuel production.
Common constituents prevent uranium from precipitating from liquids, letting it travel with groundwater.
Seven-year-study shows plant growth does not sustainably balance carbon losses from solar warming and permafrost thaw.
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