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09/22/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Study: Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs allowed flowers to grow on the planet
According to a study, the giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period about 145 million to 66 million years ago left flowers relatively unharmed. In the aftermath, ancient flowers bloomed on a post-apocalyptic Earth. Details of the study were published in the journal Biology Letters. After an asteroid struck […]
09/27/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Study shows how plants time their flowering in the spring
A new study published in the journal Genes & Development found that a key molecule in flowering plants becomes very active in response to the first frost of autumn. Called “COOLAIR,” the molecule prepares plants for flowering in spring by suppressing a gene called FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), which inhibits flowering. Exploring the molecular process behind vernalization Vernalization is the initiation of […]
08/29/2019
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By Stephanie Diaz
Scientists study how plants maintain water balance in hopes of improving agriculture
Researchers from the University of Wurzburg (JMU) in Germany investigated the signaling pathways involved in the movement of stomata to find out if it could help make agriculture more sustainable. In their study, published in the journal Trends in Plant Science, they found that given the proper stimulus, these can either open or close to match their […]
08/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Want to build bee-friendly environments? Follow this science-based guide
Beekeepers are not the only ones who benefit from making bees more welcome in the garden or yard. By cultivating the appropriate types of flowering plants during each season, people will help support the populations of wild bees that live in urban and suburban areas. Both natural and agricultural ecosystems depend on the pollinating activities […]
03/18/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Plants can “remember” environmental changes and adapt, researchers discover
No plant in the world has a feature that’s remotely similar to a brain. However, British researchers recently found out that flowering plants contained proteins that can store information about changes in their environment, such as shifts in temperatures when one season gave way to another. These data served as “memories” for a plant. When the plant experienced stimuli that matched […]
01/29/2018
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By Russel Davis
BEAUTIFUL CO2: Higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere linked to more flowers blooming in tropical forests
The increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) brought about by climate change resulted in an increase in flower production in remote tropical forests across of the globe, according to a study published in the journal Global Change Biology. A team of researchers at Florida State University examined plant materials obtained from tropical forests of Panama’s Barro Colorado Island to […]
11/13/2017
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By Janine Acero
A “bat signal” for bees? Scientists have discovered that common garden flowers have an “invisible blue halo” for attracting bees
What was thought to be a disorder in petal surfaces of certain flowers turned out to be an ingenious adaptation to attract bumblebees which are usually found hanging around flowers with more blue and purple hues, scientists discovered. The discovery came as a shock to the scientists when they found out, after some tests, that […]
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