Sentences with phrase «plant scientists identify»

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Here's how it works: Scientists identify the desired genes in a plant or animal and insert them into a host such as yeast.

By planting the same plant species and genotypes in different environments, scientists can identify which ones perform best and are most likely to survive changing conditions.

The scientists, led by Dr Jake Bundy and Dr Manuel Liebeke from Imperial College London, have identified molecules in the earthworm gut that counteract the plant's natural defences and enable digestion.

Scientists at Kumamoto University originally developed a cultivation kit to culture and identify mycorrhizae, fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with many plants and are necessary for cultivating orchidaceous plants in the laboratory.

New research from an Iowa State University scientist identifies a genetic mechanism that governs growth and drought tolerance in plants, a development that could lead to better performing traits in crops.

In recent years, scientists have identified a host of compounds called chemical elicitors — found, for example, in insect saliva — that can limit plant defenses, including the production of bad - tasting compounds that ward off herbivores.

A team of researchers at the University of Bonn, in cooperation with scientists from the Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich, has now identified a gene in thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), called NILR1, that helps plants sense nematodes.

With funding from Wine Australia, a team of scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Agriculture and Food identified genes expressed in grapevine roots that limit the amount of sodium — a key component of salt — that reaches berries and leaves.

But early in the investigation, scientists identified the cow parts that might carry the risk of contaminating farmers, slaughterhouse workers, employees at rendering plants, butchers, and the public.

A team of scientists has now identified proteins, which play a key role in the production of rubber in the plant.

Scientists from the University of Bern now identified the most important environmental and species characteristics for plants to colonize and establish in novel places.

By identifying images with changing leaves, blooming flowers, and other easy - to - recognize features, citizen scientists can contribute to a better understanding of how plants are responding to climate change

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena (Germany) and their colleagues from Stanford and Duluth (USA) have identified the sugar transporter that plays a key role in plants» nectar production.

They have to send in a sample of the plant, that is then positively identified by scientists at the University of Florida, who work in partnership with the state to combat invasive species.

Isabell Albert, Hannah Böhm, Thorsten Nürnberger and other researchers at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), working with scientists at the universities of Utrecht, Würzburg and Tsinghua (Beijing) have identified genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana which are important for recognising nPlant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), working with scientists at the universities of Utrecht, Würzburg and Tsinghua (Beijing) have identified genes in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana which are important for recognising nplant Arabidopsis thaliana which are important for recognising nlp20.

Using advanced molecular screening tools, our scientists identify the specific gene modifications that produce the desired effects in laboratory plants.

Scientists have identified a receptor on plant stem cells that can issue different instructions about how the plant will grow...

The Arabidopsis Genome Initiative (AGI) began in 1996 when Japanese, European and American scientists established a plan to dissect the plant at the molecular level and identify all of its genes.

Their study could help scientists identify ways to enhance the soil microbiome for improved carbon storage and plant productivity.

If you had an organic, non-GMO heirloom garden of the top strains of each fruit and vegetable, and each year you were able to hire scientists to test and identify the top producing seeds from your crops so that only those seeds were planted the next year, you would be able to continually improve your garden year after year.

Widely used cannabis plants contain a staggering 483 medicinal compounds that scientists have identified so far.

Resource Title S.T.E.M Activity Pack Age / Year Group Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Total Pages in download ❤ 46 (25 printable NO - PREP worksheets / tasks and activities) File Type PDF Resource Content A whole variety of S.T.E.M Activities covering the following areas of learning - ❂ Plants ❂ Fingerprints ❂ Fun Hand and Feet Measurement Worksheets ❂ Reuse and Recycle ❂ Remodel the Room ❂ Mathematical Geniuses ❂ Robot Home Task ❂ Robot Classroom Task ❂ Raving Raisins Experiment and Prediction Template ❂ Krafty Keyboard - Identify the keys ❂ Inventors ❂ Sink or Float ❂ Magnetic Objects ADDED BONUS Awards for Thriving Engineer, Mathematical Genius, Star Scientist and more.

Scientists have identified more than 700 plants that produce troublesome or toxic substances in sufficient amounts to harm animals.

Using genomic technologies — those that examine the entirety of available genetic diversity in individual plants or animals and populations of those individuals — scientists can identify beneficial genetic traits and bring together new combinations of genes that enable crops and animals to perform well in specific environments.

By looking at how photosynthesis occurs in plants, scientists have identified why the process is so efficient.

By planting the same plant species and genotypes in different environments, scientists can identify which ones perform best and are most likely to survive changing conditions.

But the Hawaiian scientists tried a simple theoretical approach, by first identifying the ranges of temperature, soil moisture and light that drive 95 % of the world's plant growth today.

In its report, Ford estimated that yearly greenhouse gas emissions from its vehicles and manufacturing plants totaled the equivalent of 400 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, which scientists have identified as one of the leading man - made causes of global climate change.

But now scientists in Switzerland have identified why all that fertilizer use is decreasing biodiversity more broadly: Fast - Growing Plants Overwhelm Grasslands The results of research done at the University of Zurich have been published in the latest issue of Science show that, looking at grasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growing pPlants Overwhelm Grasslands The results of research done at the University of Zurich have been published in the latest issue of Science show that, looking at grasslands, the main reason is that all those extra nutrients allow faster growing plants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growing pplants to overwhelm an area, blocking sunlight from reaching smaller, slower - growing plantsplants.

The question takes on increasing significance as plants and animals vanish before scientists can even identify them.»