Alun Salt - Botany One (Page 71)

Cultivation of Jatropha shows the importance of conservation

Jatropha curcas could be an oil crop with major biofuel potential, but the breeding germplasm has little variation. Botanists have found that there is genetic potential in previously overlooked non-toxic jatropha, but it needs conservation.

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13 Nov 2019

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Effects of ABA dynamics on poplar acclimation to drought

Characterisation of the biochemical and genetic mechanisms that underpin plant responses to water deficit are central to the development of more productive drought-tolerant biomass crops, including fast-growing poplars.

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12 Nov 2019

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Progression of drought drives metabolomic responses in Poplar

A plant’s response to drought might vary depending on how the drought arrives.

Alun Salt

11 Nov 2019

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Root responses in Arundo donax

When soils dry they don’t dry uniformly, some parts remain damper than others. How does a reed like Arundo donax respond?

Alun Salt

08 Nov 2019

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Collecting wild Miscanthus germplasm and research partners in Asia

While collecting plant material for crop breeding, a team from Aberystwyth University also thought hard about the human side of their work.

Alun Salt

07 Nov 2019

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Bacteria living within plants can change them in unpredictable ways

Endophytic bacteria, microbes living in plant tissue, can change how a plant grows. But experiments with microbe communities shows that it’s not in a predictable way.

Alun Salt

06 Nov 2019

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Biofuels grow better when willows weep less

A challenge for biofuels is water use. A successful biofuel strategy will have water-efficient plants.

Alun Salt

31 Oct 2019

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Growing biofuels in marginal land

A problem with growing biofuels is that they can take land needed for food. What happens when you start growing biofuels on marginal land where food crops are not possible?

Alun Salt

30 Oct 2019

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What happens when a vampire plant ‘bites’ two victims at once?

When the parasitic plant dodder attacks two plants, stress felt by one victim can be passed to the other.

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29 Oct 2019

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Poisoned soils could be healed with the right kind of cress

Buck Rogers found the land around New Chicago in the 25th century was polluted and barren. But pollution might not be a long-term problem if you have the right Brassica.

Alun Salt

29 Oct 2019