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A new way to genetically tweak photosynthesis boosts plant growth
A new chemical road map for a process called photorespiration in plant cells could reduce energy waste to increase plant productivity.
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, January 03, 2019
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News | Plants
More plants survived the world’s greatest mass extinction than thought
By Laurel Hamers | 2:12pm, December 20, 2018
South American maize varieties
News | Plants
Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, December 13, 2018
scientists with hybrid rice plants
News | Plants
Hybrid rice engineered with CRISPR can clone its seeds
By Susan Milius | 3:52pm, December 12, 2018
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News in Brief | Plants
Cactus spine shapes determine how they stab victims
By Jennifer Leman | 6:00am, November 27, 2018
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The Science Life | Plants
How researchers flinging salmon inadvertently spurred tree growth
By Laurel Hamers | 1:54pm, October 30, 2018
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News | Plants
Ancient South Americans tasted chocolate 1,500 years before anyone else
By Bruce Bower | 12:00pm, October 29, 2018
Radula perrottetii
News | Plants
Liverwort plants contain a painkiller similar to the one in marijuana
By Jennifer Leman | 5:34pm, October 24, 2018
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News | Plants
Plants engineered to always be on alert don’t grow well
By Jennifer Leman | 4:09pm, October 22, 2018
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Science Visualized | Plants
Dandelion seeds create a bizarre whirlpool in the air to fly
By Helen Thompson | 1:00pm, October 17, 2018
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