Plant roots have their own thermometer to measure the temperature of the soil around them and they adjust their growth accordingly. Through extensive experiments, a team led by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 10, 2023
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Plant roots play a critical role in taking up, selecting, enriching and retaining a range of different mineral elements, thereby supplying distant plant tissues with nutrients while sequestering excessive amounts of metals. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2023
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Comparing individual cells across corn, sorghum and millet reveals evolutionary differences among these important cereal crops, according to a new study led by New York University researchers.
Evolution
May 10, 2023
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A team of researchers led by Jörg Kudla from the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology at the University of Münster are the first to demonstrate, using the model plant thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), how plants perceive ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 18, 2022
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Unfavorable environmental conditions represent considerable stress for plants. A high level of salt content (sodium chloride, NaCl) in the soil is just such a stressor that has a negative impact on plants. Salinization is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 25, 2022
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Plants—they're just like us, with unique techniques for handling stress. To save one of the most important crops on Earth from extreme climate swings, scientists are mapping out plants' own stress-busting strategies.
Cell & Microbiology
May 19, 2022
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Sometimes, to see the roots, you have to look up.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2022
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Plants adapt to their nutritional needs by modifying the permeability of their roots through the production or degradation of a cork-like layer called suberin. By studying the regulation of this protective layer in Arabidopsis ...
Biotechnology
Sep 23, 2021
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Plant roots can grow without limit. To do so, they need to balance the production of new cells via cell division and elongation. Plant hormones known as brassinosteroids play a key role in this balancing act. New work by ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2021
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A Rutgers study finds that symbiotic bacteria that colonize root cells may be managed to produce hardier crops that need less fertilizer.
Biotechnology
May 12, 2021
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