News tagged with auxin transport
Possible new hope for crops battling parasitic infection
Scientists from Ghent University and VIB (The Flemisch Institute for Biotechnology) have demonstrated how nematodes, also known as roundworms, manipulate the transport of the plant hormone auxin in order to force the plant ...
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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Herbicide may affect plants thought to be resistant
Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Scientists gain insight on how plants bend toward light
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University-led study may change how scientists think about how some plants bend toward light.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Plant hormone auxin triggers a genetic switch
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the development of organisms, a particular event repeatedly occurs: a signal appears temporarily, but the processes it triggers must be maintained – for example, when the fate ...
Apr 18, 2011 |
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New growth inhibitors more effective in plants, less toxic to people
A Purdue University scientist and researchers in Japan have produced a new class of improved plant growth regulators that are expected to be less toxic to humans.
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Gardening in Space with HydroTropi
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants are fundamental to life on Earth, converting light and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen. Plant growth may be an important part of human survival in exploring space, as well. Gardening ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2011 |
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How plants counteract against the shade of larger neighbors
Plants that "lose the battle" during competitiveness for light because they are shaded by larger neighbours, counteract. They adapt by rapid shoot elongation and stretch their leaves towards the sun. The molecular basis of ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Sensor important to understanding root, seedling development
A biosensor utilizing black platinum and carbon nanotubes developed at Purdue University will help give scientists a better understanding of how the plant hormone auxin regulates root growth and seedling establishment.
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Getting to the root of nutrient sensing
New research published by Cell Press in the June 15th issue of the journal Developmental Cell, reveals how plants modify their root architecture based on nutrient availability in the soil.
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Signal proteins for plant stem cells discovered
Wageningen University (The Netherlands) biochemist Dolf Weijers and his German colleagues have discovered how stem cells in a plant embryo are formed. The cells communicate with one another via the transportation of a protein, ...
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Explaining why pruning encourages plants to thrive
Scientists have shown that the main shoot dominates a plant's growth principally because it was there first, rather than due to its position at the top of the plant.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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