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AgriLife Research scientists trumpeting possible new adaptation of tropical flower

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VERNON — Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to bring more beauty to the colder regions of the state by breeding winter-hardiness into a tropical ornamental plant, the angel’s trumpet flower.
Dr. Dariusz Malinowski, AgriLife Research p…

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Flood-tolerant rice plants can also survive drought, say UC Riverside scientists

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Rice, which is sensitive to drought due to its high water requirement, is particularly vulnerable to how global climate change is altering the frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts. If rice plants’ combined tole…

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Researchers discover potential solutions to New England roadside erosion

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KINGSTON, RI — Erosion is a significant problem on highway embankments in New England. To mitigate erosion on the regions’ highways, slopes are seeded with a grass — legume mixture that usually including red fescue, a grass preferred for it…

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Plant scientists move closer to making any crop drought-tolerant

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Drought-tolerant crops have moved closer to becoming reality.
A collaborative team of scientists has made a significant advance on the discovery last year by the University of California, Riverside’s Sean Cutler of pyrabactin…

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Growing drought-tolerant crops inching forward

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A collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, has used the tools of structural biology to understand how a synthetic chemical mimics abscisic acid (ABA), a key stress hormone that helps plan…

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