This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Nine temperate grass species were screened for their potential to grow in the low-light conditions typical of gaps in dense vegetation. To ...

Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand it. Now, scientists have discovered that two plant factors -- ...

A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in Germany has uncovered a powerful new way volcanoes give life to the Earth: ...

Mimicking the way experienced human observers track growth over time, 3D-NOD integrates novel labeling, registration, and data augmentation strategies to boost sensitivity and accuracy. Tested across ...

The idea of music boosting plant growth has been around for many years, but a new study has found that monotonous noise stimulates a type of fungus that improves the growth of plants. In a paper in ...

The xylem is essential for transporting water across the entire plant body. Its development is heavily regulated by VND genes. Scientists report a new experimental system that shows three VND genes ...

ANN ARBOR--In sports, sometimes a player has to take one for the team. The same appears to be true in the plant world, where reduced individual growth can benefit the broader community. The findings ...

What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be carefully coordinated—but until now, it has been hard to compare findings from ...

Australian environmental measurements technology company ICT International is offering an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled version of its conditions-monitoring solutions to wirelessly provide sensor ...

The growth in plant-based protein is one of the most important trends in the food sector and good news for food companies, consumers and the planet. However, Ben Cooper writes, while booming sales of ...