Forest resilience linked with higher mortality risk in western US
A forest’s resilience, or ability to absorb environmental disturbances, has long been thought to be a boost for its odds…
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Agriculture is a dynamic and interconnected field that touches every aspect of human life, from the food we eat to the environment we live in. This featured category brings together a diverse range of topics, offering insights into the challenges, innovations, and opportunities shaping the future of agriculture.
Geitonogamy
Geitonogamy is self-fertilization of plants, where pollen from the anther of a flower fertilizes the ovules of another on the same plant.
Study suggests that most of our evolutionary trees could be wrong
New research led by scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that determining evolutionary…
Bigleaf maple decline tied to hotter, drier summers in Washington state, U.S.
As its name suggests, the bigleaf maple tree’s massive leaves are perhaps its most distinctive quality. A native to the…
Annual Plants
Annual plants, also known as annuals, are a type of flowering plant that completes its entire life cycle within one growing season.
How crops can better survive floods
Extreme weather phenomena are on the rise worldwide, including frequent droughts and fires. Floods are also a clear consequence of…
Dichogamy
Dichogamy refers to the separation of the sexes in a plant species. This can take the form of temporal or spatial dichogamy.
Woody Perennial Plants
Woody perennial plants are plants that live for more than two years and have a hard stem that persists above the ground.
Heterogamy
Heterogamy refers to the phenomenon of individuals or organisms having different characteristics or traits within a population.
Litter
Litter (also known as poultry litter or broiler litter) a mixture of bedding material, manure, feathers, poultry excreta, and spilled feed.