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by Reichman University. A recent study led by Dr. Ilana Kolodkin-Gal from the Scojen Institute for Synthetic Biology at Reichman University has found that beneficial bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis—which is used, among other things, …

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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

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Recent research on Lotus japonicus, a model leguminous plant, has unveiled that the interaction between legume roots and rhizobia is characterized by periodic gene expression with a …

Nature Scientific Reports

• Li Xu, 
• Zhenghua Wu, 
• Jingkun Li, 
• Yihao Xu, 
• Feng Zhou, 
• Fulong Zhang, 
• Dongzhi Li, 
• Lin Zhou & 
• Runqiang Liu 

Scientific Reports volume 14, Article number:  …

Frontiers

Plant Sci., 02 August 2024. Sec. Plant Pathogen Interactions. Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1411837

PubMed

Jose Daniel Chávez-González , Víctor M Flores-Núñez , Irving U Merino-Espinoza , Laila Pamela Partida-Martínez 

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by University of Queensland

A new study from the University of Maryland identifies key patterns and factors influencing insect pest establishment and detection across the U.S. and suggests public surveillance awareness and involvement is a critical component of efforts to …

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by Newcastle University. Budding new plant biology research is paving the potential to produce food crops that not only survive but thrive in salty conditions. With salt estimated to affect up to 30% of arable land worldwide—jeopardizing …

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Source: Badische Zeitung [in German, trans. & summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.badische-zeitung.de/pilzbefall-stellt-winzer-und-landwirte-in-suedbaden-vor-grosse-problemeFarmers and grape growers are suffering …

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Genomes of diverse microbes point to early evolution of a rudimentary immune system

By Robert F Service The last ancestor shared by all living organisms was a microbe that lived 4.2 billion years ago, had a fairly large genome encoding some …