Crop fertility and diversity is addressed in articles on basic pollination biology and floral evolution. "Knowledge about one plant," comments Kellogg, "so often informs the study of other plants ...

Briana L. Gross, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, and Allison J. Miller. 2014. Speaking of food: Connecting basic and applied plant science American Journal of Botany 101:1597-1600. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1400409 ...

The graduate program offers training in the breadth of plant biology and in specialized topics represented by the following four research areas: cell and ... Graduate students have the opportunity to ...

Researchers at Oregon State University have made a major discovery in basic plant biology that may set the stage for profound advances in plant genetics or biotechnology. When more research is ...

Indeed, officials at the Botanical Society of America assert that, over the past two decades, most colleges and universities have allowed their basic plant biology courses to wither away, often to ...

Basic plant biology and its application will be the major vehicle through which we will improve human health in a cost-effective manner on a global scale.

To understand why fertilizer works, we need to get some basic plant biology out of the way. Plants need large amounts of three nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium. Combine those with ...

We know from basic plant biology research that plants have these circadian clocks, and we know that they use them in part to respond or to prepare for seasonal changes.

Basic plant physiologists and cell biologists are as much in demand as people who specialize in computational biology, protein structure and protein function, he says.

Hirsch teaches basic plant biology through the example of the world’s “tallest living thing”—trees—in this awe-inspiring text. Employing rhythmic repetition, careful prose first ...

CORVALLIS, Ore., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Oregon State University scientists have announced a major discovery in basic plant biology that might lead to profound advances in biotechnology.

Building a bridge from basic botany to applied agriculture Date: October 14, 2014 Source: American Journal of Botany Summary: The solutions to feeding the world are certainly multi-faceted ...