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Decoding tea’s leaf microbiome: New clues to fighting blister blight
Maximum Academic PressA research team provides a detailed picture of how the leaf surface microbiome of tea plants responds to infection, uncovering key microbial interactions and chemical changes that could help farmers combat this disease more sustainably.
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- Beverage Plant Research
eDNA can help detect kelp-derived carbon on ocean floor
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean SciencesPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- PLOS One
Tea plants arm themselves: two key receptors trigger herbivore defenses
Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of SciencePlants must defend themselves against relentless insect herbivores.
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- Horticulture Research
Study provides first evidence that plastic nanoparticles can accumulate in the edible parts of vegetables
University of PlymouthPeer-Reviewed Publication
In first-of-its-kind research, scientists from the University of Plymouth have shown how tiny plastic particles can enter vegetables through their roots and accumulate in the parts we eat.
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- Environmental Research
- Funder
- Seale-Hayne Educational Trust
Reindeer grazing can mitigate the impacts of winter climate change on forest carbon release
University of Oulu, FinlandPeer-Reviewed Publication
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- Science of The Total Environment
Sustainable, plant-based diet benefits both human and planetary health
PLOSPeer-Reviewed Publication
A diet focused on healthy plant-based foods may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study by Solomon Sowah and colleagues from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, published September 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.
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- PLOS Medicine