New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how specific sections of genetic material ...

"The technique could allow farmers to enhance plant performance, resilience and nutritional value without permanent genetic ...

A new study suggests that modern flowering plants, trees and agricultural crops may not have the characteristics, or the time, to respond to rapid human-induced climate change. The report in ...

Functional Paleoecology and the Pollen-Plant Functional Trait Linkage. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , 2021; 8 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.564609 Cite This Page : ...

Predicting plant-soil feedbacks from plant traits Date: August 24, 2016 Source: Wageningen University and Research Centre Summary: In nature, plants cannot grow without soil biota like fungi and ...

One of the leading authors, Dr Carlos P. Carmona, explains, “We combined different plant trait datasets including aboveground traits (such as plant height, seed mass, wood density, leaf nitrogen ...

The images record traits such as leaf color, root development and shoot size, giving researchers clues to the relationship between a plant’s genotype, the growing conditions and the observable traits ...