Rice is the basis of life for many people. An international research team involving researchers from Würzburg wants to make ...

Bengal Nagpur Railway's coal mining impact on vegetation in Jharsuguda studied using satellite data, highlighting ...

CHENNAI: Look at the leaves of plants and trees growing in areas near an open cast mine and chances are you would find fine ...

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We’ve all suffered through one of the longest stretches of miserable, bone-chilling subzero temperatures in years in the Pittsburgh area. Surely that ...

Dust particles obstruct the leaves' stomata, the tiny openings through which plants exchange gases with the atmosphere. This reduces the plant's ability to capture carbon and release oxygen.

For example, the researchers uncovered new information about genes involved in flavonoid production (pigments that protect against UV radiation), stomata formation (tiny pores that regulate gas ...

This decline was driven by two key factors. First, the leaf pores, called stomata, which allow carbon dioxide to enter and water to escape, became less open in response to the drier air around the ...

Growing houseplants is a lot more work than you might initially expect. It isn't as simple as choosing any plant and putting ...

One of plants' lines of defense against microbes is their stomata. Stomata are little pores on plants' leaves, stems, flowers, and roots that open and close to take in carbon dioxide and let out ...

The Melastomataceae family, known for its rich diversity, comprises around 5858 species and is one of the largest families of flowering plants. This family is particularly prominent in tropical ...