Longer roots in summertime weather Often warm weather and drought come as a pair. Although there is a reasonable amount known of how the above ground parts of plants deal with this, we know less about how roots deal with the combination of heat and drought. To change this Dutch researchers decide to study thisContinue reading “Longer roots”
Category Archives: Development
Directing cell divisions
Directing cell divisions Multicellular organisms come in lots of different forms and shapes. Al coming from the same invention: RHO GTPases, proteins that give a cell its polarity. Now a team of Austrian researchers show in Current Biology that the plant specific RHO GTPase, ROP, is required for both the polarity and orientation of cellContinue reading “Directing cell divisions”
Sweet duplication
Sweet duplication Some flowers have a specific hollow outgrowth wherein they store their nectar, a so called nectar spur. How these evolved is often a mystery. Now Colombian researchers show in the journal Annals of Botany that it might be the result of a gene duplication. Flowers of Tropaeolum longifolium can only be divided inContinue reading “Sweet duplication”
Double break
Double break One of a seedlings first reactions to salt is stepping on the break. Now researchers from Scotland and Italia show in the New Phytologist how the protein HDC1 is regulating how hard the plant is pressing this break. To make sure that stress genes are not accidentally turned on they are decorated byContinue reading “Double break”
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