The researchers of the study which was recently published in 'New
Phytologist' journal discovered that engineering a high-yielding rice cultivar, reduces stomatal density, helps the crop conserve water, and survive high temperatures and drought.
However, according to a study published in New
Phytologist there had been very little research into it.
The new work is published in the peer-reviewed journal New
Phytologist. The scientists said that understanding the effects of prolonged drought will give them a better sense of what might happen to carbon stored in tropical forests if, as scientists expect, drought events become more common as the climate continues to warm (earthsky.org).
New
Phytologist 165: 923-936 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01284.x
A new
Phytologist study of the North American herb Campanula Americana revealed that western populations have darker purple pollen due to extremely high temperatures than eastern populations where white to light-purple pollen is more common.
Nobel, "Achievable productivities of certain CAM plants: basis for high values compared with C_3 and C_4 plants," New
Phytologist, vol.
Garbaye, "Research perspectives on functional diversity in ectomycorrhizal fungi," New
Phytologist, vol.
Westoby, "Irradiance, temperature and rainfall influence leaf dark respiration in woody plants: evidence from comparisons across 20 sites," New
Phytologist, vol.
Broadley, "Biofortification of crops with seven mineral elements often lacking in human diets--iron, zinc, copper, calcium, magnesium, selenium and iodine," New
Phytologist, vol.
In a paper published in New
Phytologist, biologists recently reported that they have discovered a key step in the evolution of this process, which not only helps explain the origins of a brilliant natural colour but also could have uses far beyond brightening your dinner table.
Now, Sniezko is applying for a grant from the New
Phytologist Trust, an international not-for-profit organization studying plant science.