8 submissions found.
Alliance for Science https://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/2019/05/ancient-trait-may-hold-key-agricultures-future/
By Jenna Gallegos
The ancient history of modern crops reveals a surprising story about their evolutionary relationship with fungi …
Science Magazine https://www.sciencemag.org/ news/2018/05/many-plants-need- bacterial-roommates-survive- so-why-do-some-kick-them-out
By Elizabeth Pennisi
When it comes to getting one of their most critical nutrients, some plants recruit tiny friends: …
Science UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SANTA CRUZ
Modern biology textbooks assert that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form that is usable for life. Plants that fix nitrogen, such as legumes, do so by harboring …
ScienceDaily
Phys.Org
Helping to promote the natural relationship between plants and bacteria could reduce reliance on environmentally damaging fertilizers, a study has found.
As the population grows and crop yields are …
SynBioBeta https://synbiobeta.com/crop-plants-of-the-future-will-fix-nitrogen-using-synthetic-biology/
Phys.Org
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-networks-crops-fertilizer.html
by University of OxfordAn interdisciplinary research collaboration between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has engineered a novel synthetic plant-microbe signaling …