Europe is facing a seed dispersal “crisis,” due to extinction threats and population changes among the animals that do the seed dispersing, according to a new synthesis by Sara Beatriz Mendes and ...
The film explores the various methods of seed dispersal used by plants, highlighting the importance of seeds for future harvests. It discusses how humans collect seeds for agriculture, while also ...
A recent study co-authored by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, David Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics & Research, demonstrates how traditional practices of the Martu Aboriginal ...
Dandelions are incredible plants with a highly efficient seed-dispersal system, meaning even a gentle breeze can carry seeds and their parachutes great distances. But in several places in Aichi ...
“You don’t need a weatherman / To know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan tells us in his song Subterranean Homesick Blues. One workaround that does not require a meteorologically trained ...
A new biodegradable solid lubricant improves seed planting efficiency while cutting talc and microplastic pollution. The cellulose-based material developed by researchers at North Carolina State ...