Plants can anticipate infection and time their immune attack accordingly, new research shows. Understanding that mechanism could help doctors time our own defenses better. In plants, this daily ...
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These Beautiful Microscope Photos Capture Tiny Pests, Spores, Sensory Neurons and Sunflower Hairs
Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...
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The Downside To The Chop-And-Drop Gardening Trend
The chop-and-drop mulching method offers benefits in providing nutrients to a garden, but you'll need to prepare for a risk that can ruin your plants.
The anther smut fungus Microbotryum violaceum is a pollinator-transmitted plant disease. As for other vector-borne diseases, frequency-dependent transmission patterns are predicted, in contrast to the ...
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Scientists find rare spores inside a fossil from the supercontinent Gondwana predating the dinosaurs
In a breakthrough that redefines half a century of paleobotanical knowledge, a team of Brazilian and German scientists has managed to extract and analyze rare plant spores preserved within the tissues ...
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