Plant Biology

Fixing a Broken Theory of Nature

2016-04-05

Scientists are trying to tweak a well-known model of ecological change to account for environmental fluctuations

Fungi are at the root of tropical forest diversity–or lack thereof, study finds

2016-02-24

University of Illinois plant biology professor James Dalling, graduate student Adriana Corrales and their colleagues found that fungi that associate with tree roots can profoundly influence plant diversity in a tropical forest.

Second-generation biofuels can reduce emissions

2016-01-29

Plant biology professor Evan DeLucia and co-authors found that the renewable fuel standard’s greater emphasis on second-generation biofuel can reduce emissions greatly despite economic considerations.

Alaskan boreal forest fires release more carbon than the trees can absorb

2015-10-19

U. of I. professor Feng Sheng Hu led a study of carbon cycling and forest fires in the boreal forests of the Yukon Flats in Alaska.

$1.8M grant to create data platform for Big Data in plant breeding

2015-07-13

Illinois plant biologists, computer scientists receive $1.8M to create data platform for Big Data in plant breeding. David LeBauer, a plant biologist, will act as principal investigator for the supercomputing pipeline and reference sensing platform components.

It's time to stop thinking in terms of food versus fuel

2015-09-14

How farmers can sustainably, and affordably, meet humanity's growing demand for food and fuel

Evolutionary Trees Reveal Patterns of Microbial Diversification

2015-07-15

The results, published in PNAS, reveal microbial family trees with distinct evolutionary patterns that may one day help us understand how harmful microbes evolve.

Roadmap to achieve global food production goals by redesigning photosynthesis

2015-07-22

A plan to increase crop productivity by making crop plants more efficient, and better neighbors. Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology Donald Ort led a diverse group of researchers who propose a roadmap to achieve global food production goals by redesigning photosynthesis.

Cultivated papaya owes a lot to the ancient Maya, research suggests

2015-03-17

smiling man next to computer screen showing flowers

Plant biology professor Ray Ming and his colleagues discovered that papaya cultivation 4,000 years ago likely led to the evolution of hermaphrodite plants, which are favored by growers today.

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