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Dec. 12, 2022 —Researchers report that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use two gut enzymes to effectively disarm the mustard oil bomb, the major chemical defense system of their host plants. Cabbage white ...
Aug. 31, 2020 —Researchers have investigated how the parasitic dodder Cuscuta australis controls flower formation. They showed that the parasite eavesdrops on the flowering signals of its host plants in order to ...
Mar. 2, 2021 —Researchers have found that plant root tips commonly converged to a catenary-curved shape because of restrictions imposed by one-directional and localized tissue growth. Plant roots need to be able ...
May 28, 2021 —Scientists have described a pathway leading to the accelerated flowering of plants in low-nitrogen soils. These findings could eventually lead to increases in agricultural ...
Mar. 13, 2023 —Scientists successfully quantified the total reactive polysulfide content of 22 different types of vegetables, including onions and garlic. They also revealed that reactive polysulfides are not only ...
Nov. 2, 2022 —A research team have discovered a mechanism of flowering plant sperm compaction and gathered clues as to why it is ...
Aug. 11, 2021 —The cabbage butterfly, voracious as a caterpillar, is every gardener's menace. Turns out, these lovely white or sulfur yellow butterflies started trying to take over the planet long ago. ...
Sep. 29, 2022 —Over the past decades, rising levels of ozone pollution have been interrupting pollination, impacting the livelihood of both plants and the animals that pollinate them. Researchers now explain how an ...
Sep. 11, 2020 —Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants have to compete for pollinators. Researchers reveal that higher temperatures ...
Feb. 16, 2022 —研究人员现在报告,羽衣甘蓝和花椰菜显微镜ogreens grown in either windowsills or under commercial growing conditions are rich in phytonutrients, though the levels of some compounds varied ...