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OSU.com
by Emily Caldwell Ohio State News Study is first to analyze host, pathogen genes in climate change conditions The high heat and low water conditions produced by global warming weaken pine trees’ resistance to disease by hindering their ability …
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Heat waves increase the vulnerability of plants to infectious diseases by compromising their immunity. Short periods of high temperatures suppress the production of a defense hormone in plants called …
ScienceDaily
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-12-china-crops-climate-boosts-crop.htmlNature
by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Based on a unique, previously unpublished data set ranging from 1970 to 2016, an international team including the …
The Conversation In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for thousands of years. Found in my …
Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2021-10-team-bioenergy-friendly-fungi.html
by Karen Dunlap, Oak Ridge National Laboratory An Oak Ridge National Laboratory team has successfully introduced a poplar gene into switchgrass, an important biofuel source, …
The Conversation
A new report has been released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the UN’s authority on climate change – which revealed the latest research on how the Earth is changing and what those changes will …
Phys.Org
In recent years, atmospheric temperature has been on the increase and extreme heat events have occurred frequently, which may not only affect the growth and development of individual organisms but also disturb the inter-species balance in …
Phys.Org
UC Davis Even pathogens have their limits. When it gets too hot or too dry, some pathogens—like many living things—search for cooler, wetter and more hospitable climes. Ecologists have questioned if a warming, drying climate is connected to …
Smithsonian
The agricultural impact of climate change would be a little more straightforward, if it occurred in a world where crops were …