Sentences with phrase «plant scientists understand»

But like researchers who clone animals (see p. 85), plant scientists understand little about what actually controls the process.

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Despite the legal hubbub, the scientists see the real excitement in the opportunity to explore and exploit the health benefits of a poorly understood plant that already has several proven medical uses, including relieving pain and nausea associated with cancer treatment, according to a 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Resistance could mean resurrecting the peanut ancestors» drought tolerance; or it could be a plant with a knack for repelling bugs; or it could be found by hacking the plant's immune system through mechanisms scientists are just beginning to understand.

A new understanding as to how plants defend themselves against some pathogens that cause crop diseases is proposed by researchers from the University of Hertfordshire to help scientists breed new, more successful disease - resistant agricultural crops.

Scientists do not completely understand the complex plant - soil - fungus - toxin interaction that infects some plants with aflatoxin and spares others.

To fully understand a plant's nuclear genome, scientists must also study two other genomes found within plant cells — in the «powerhouse» mitochondria and in the photosynthesizing chloroplast organelles.

Functional genomics will also help scientists understand how AMF interact with their plant symbionts at the molecular level.

Yin said scientists have long observed the tendency of plants to slow their growth in times of drought to conserve energy and fight stress, but the genetic mechanisms that guide those interactions were poorly understood.

He is typical of plant - genome scientists, whose work often combines a passion for understanding their subjects» inner workings with a belief that their findings will help counter some of humanity's most urgent problems: hunger and malnutrition, the demand for renewable energy, and climate change.

Sorting out sex - free embryogenesis might help scientists understand the cellular switches that plants use to stay flexible while still keeping growth under control.

The findings are helping to aid scientists» understanding of how plants can control how their pollen is spread by foraging insects.

Plant scientists have only recently begun to understand how the vernalization response in plants works, Akhunov said.

Living plant tissue from hundreds of thousands of years ago might also be revived, helping scientists to understand the lost ecologies

«If we want to engineer the right microbiome to support plant growth, we need to understand the real function of the microbiome and not just sequence marker genes,» said study co-first author Asaf Levy, a research scientist at the JGI.

A biologist, Schaal was among the first plant scientists to use molecular biology - based approaches to understand evolutionary processes in plants and she has worked to advance understanding of plants» molecular systems and population genetics.

«Before, we didn't have an understanding of... how far we can push these plants until they die,» says study coauthor Paul Skinner, a soil scientist and vineyard consultant in Napa.

«Gastrointestinal diseases are a major cause of mortality in wild and captive pandas but scientists understand very little about their digestive process,» says co-author Ashli Brown Johnson, state chemist and Mississippi State University associate professor of biochemistry, molecular biology, entomology and plant pathology.

But although scientists know this chemistry found in plants is helpful to humans, they do not fully understand how it works or know how to bring it about in a lab.

Moreover, the scientists showed that calcium signaling can be studied directly in intact plants in different physiological and ecological contexts, which helps to better understand its role as a secondary messenger in plants.

The find helps scientists better understand the evolution and diversity of ancient seed plants.

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

She was accepted as a doctoral student there and began a research career in which she was among the first plant scientists to use molecular biology - based approaches to understand evolutionary processes in plants.

Taken together, such tools are giving scientists a better understanding of how plants respond to drought, high temperatures, pests, and disease.

Scientists already know the general role that ABA plays within plants, but by directly visualizing the hormone they can now better understand the complex interactions involving ABA when a plant is subjected to drought or other stress.

The genome sequence will help scientists breed improved varieties and understand the evolution and diversity of plants.

A study by Purdue University plant scientists and University of Nebraska - Lincoln engineers advances our understanding of how plants control their shape and development at the cellular level.

Accordingly, scientists have invested much effort to understand how plants respond to drought stress and what can be done to increase the drought tolerance of economically important plants.

The study will nevertheless help scientists to learn more about the molecular processes that control the formation of both sperm and oocytes and could lead to a better understanding of infertility, says Anna Wobus of the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research in Gatersleben, Germany.

Its internationally renowned and award - winning scientists explore the very foundations of life, seeking new understandings in neuroscience, genetics, immunology, plant biology and more.

Focused both on discovery and on mentoring future generations of researchers, Salk scientists make groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of cancer, aging, Alzheimer's, diabetes and infectious diseases by studying neuroscience, genetics, cell and plant biology and related disciplines.

Non-invasive imaging techniques are the key for better understanding the root - soil interaction which is of great relevance for both plant and soil scientists.

So on to plants and more musings of a non-expert: I understand that plants respond differently to different stimuli — when they are stressed they react differently from when they are relaxed and at peace with themselves — please do nt laugh you scientists because my brain is not a bad hard drive and I recall that some trees share resources with stressed neighbours under stressful conditions.

Eugene Mamontov's background in both basic and applied science has made him a valued partner for scientists who come to the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL in search of a better understanding of the water dynamics in their research — projects as diverse as studying plant cellulose or analyzing nanostructured membranes for desalination.

However, to make climate models more accurate, we are focused on developing a better understanding of the dynamics of organic aerosols formed from plant - based organic vapors and their interaction with aerosols emitted from human activities,» said Dr. Chen Song, a PNNL atmospheric scientist.

First, agricultural scientists will use the genetic blueprint «to find a cheap and effective means of controlling CVC,» and second, «to gain a deep understanding of plant pathogenic processes, which could then be applied to other pathogenic pests.»

Understanding the role of these underlying physical factors — dehydration and phase separation — could enable scientists to engineer improved plants and pretreatment processes and ultimately bring down the costs of biofuel production.

Genome sequencing has helped scientists understand pets such as dogs and cats; agricultural animals like cows and pigs; crop plants such as rice, corn, barley; and a host of other living things.

As part of Plant Biology research at CSHL, scientists are using genomic approaches to understand everything from plant evolution to how plants grow, develop, and reproPlant Biology research at CSHL, scientists are using genomic approaches to understand everything from plant evolution to how plants grow, develop, and reproplant evolution to how plants grow, develop, and reproduce.

Scientists are only beginning to understand how the elements in whole plants work together synergistically to bring forth ultimate health.

In chap 1 of China study the'error» with alpha f protein in Philippino kids and the reproduction in rat studies, I interpret as «Cancer cells need animal protein to grow» If u stop it, they shrink.Ok i am not a scientist but I proposed this to 7 advanced cancer patients 2 of whom were in «palliative stage > All 6 are doing VERY WELL, the oncologists do not understand it.I tell them «plant based diet, no cheating».

Students engage in hands - on plant investigations, working with peers and scientist mentors to build collaborations and to improve their understanding of science.

Meanwhile, Cornell research scientist David Weinstein hopes to involve students in BudBreak, a project that began last spring to increase understanding of the relationship between plants and global warming in central New York.

Back in the 1970s, climate scientists understood that the carbon dioxide that humans had been emitting since the Industrial Revolution — from cars, power plants, factories — was intensifying the greenhouse effect that warms the planet.

FACE studies like these help scientists understand how crop plants will respond to the warmer climate expected later in the century.

To prevent a new mass extinction of the world's animal and plant life, scientists need to understand threats to biodiversity, where they occur, and how quickly change is happening.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is working hard to help scientists better understand and manage the Earth's plant life.

Scientists at PNNL and EMSL will provide proteomics expertise to study soybean root hairs and their response to changing climate conditions to better understand the impacts of climate on plant root physiology.