{"id":681434,"date":"2021-02-17T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=681434"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:22:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T16:22:39","slug":"a-pollen-free-sigh-of-relief-for-japan-the-genetics-of-male-sterility-in-cedar-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=681434","title":{"rendered":"A (pollen-free) sigh of relief for Japan: The genetics of male sterility in cedar trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptomeria japonica, or the Japanese cedar, is highly revered as the national tree of Japan. Locally known as &#8216;sugi,&#8217; it covers over 4.5 million hectares of land, accounting for nearly half of Japan&#8217;s artificial forests. However, it is also notorious for causing hay fever, with a good 26.5% of Japan&#8217;s population reporting cedar pollen allergies in 2008. Over the past years, pollen allergy caused by this conifer has become a widespread social issue among Japanese residents, with many having to avoid going outdoors during pollen season.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-02-pollen-free-relief-japan-genetics-male.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">A (pollen-free) sigh of relief for Japan: The genetics of male sterility in cedar trees<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Phys.org&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptomeria japonica, or the Japanese cedar, is highly revered as the national tree of Japan. Locally known as &#8216;sugi,&#8217; it covers over 4.5 million hectares of land, accounting for nearly&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phys-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=681434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=681434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}