Rashmi Bhat

photosynthesis, photorespiration, tobacco plant, RuBisCO, oxygen, carbon dioxide, Green Revolution, transgene, glycolate, RNA interference, rice, wheat, soybean,

Tinkering With Photosynthesis, Scientists See 40% Jump in Plant Productivity

Rashmi Bhat 13/01/2019

The ultimate goal is to introduce these adaptations into important...

Elephants are the ‘gardeners of the forest’. Credit: christianhaugen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Special Ingredient That’s Kept a Rainforest Tree Going: Elephant Poop

Rashmi Bhat 08/08/2018

The story of an intricate relationship between elephants and...

A common myna. Credit: kkoshy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Disease That Decimated UK’s Garden Birds Now Found in Mynas in Pakistan

Rashmi Bhat 20/05/2018

Take a parasite known to have wiped out 1.5...

An AMazon molly (right) caught in action while seducing a male sailfin molly to steal sperm. Caption and credit: Manfred Schartl

How Did an All-Female Species Survive Sans Sexual Reproduction for Millennia?

Rashmi Bhat 19/02/2018

By all means, the Amazon molly should have gone...

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Social Isolation Is Not All Doom and Gloom for Some Macaques

Rashmi Bhat 06/02/2018

Macaque societies are female-bonded societies. The larger the maternal...