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UC Merced's Farm Abuzz with Activity on the University's Experimental Smart Farm, 40 Acres of Dirt and Plants, Research, and ...
If you don't have an outdoor space to grow food, you can try growing food indoors. Take a look at the best seeds you can grow ...
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm. Scholastic/Blue Sky, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-545-27322-0 ...
Summer-only warming experiments underestimate climate change effects on plants compared to year-round temperature increases.
Phosphorus is an important macronutrient for plant growth and is acquired by plants mainly as phosphate (P). Phosphate transporters (Phts) are responsible for P and arsenate (AsV) uptake in plants ...
Salinity inhibition of plant growth is the result of osmotic and ionic effects and the different plant species have developed different mechanisms to cope with these effects (Munns, 2002). The osmotic ...
I recently learned a new hack to fill my garden borders for free: propagating plants like lavender. Here's how to take ...
Based on 40 years of research, scientists from Michigan State University in the United States have found that plants secrete ...
Experiments lead to a greater understanding, deeper insights, and sometimes they even bear fruit. That was certainly the case ...
A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform ...
After 40 years of research, scientists at Michigan State University have uncovered how plants use isoprene to defend ...
One of my favorite science experiments to bring to my fourth-grade classroom is growing beans in a cup. I typically use this ...