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Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.), also known as Nile cabbage, is a free-floating aquatic plant from the family Araceae, the same family as the arum lily.
It's found on every continent except …
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In a Czech tomato greenhouse, a tiny beetle with the ability to consume fungus was discovered. Questions arise regarding its efficacy and …
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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 …
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Source: New Disease Reports [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12260Citation: Tembo M, Crespo-Bellido A, Chikoti PC, et al. First report of the severe Uganda variant of _East African cassava mosaic …
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Keystone species has potentially enormous effects on above-ground wildlife and ecosystem functioning
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In 2019, 15,000 children …
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Source: CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) [summ. Mod.DHA, edited] https://www.cimmyt.org/news/successful-surveillance-results-in-early-first-detection-of-ug99-in-south-asia/Successful global …
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Chocolate eggs and bunnies cost more than ever this Easter – but the farmers who make these treats possible are in dire …
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o A high mutation rate was observed of the CSSV species.
o Geographical region and Symptoms traits showed a …
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by Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Plant-soil-microbe interactions play a crucial role in processes that take place in the soil directly around plant roots, or the rhizosphere, and these processes contribute to nutrient cycling …
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