Young plants are often extra sensitive for insect damage. But it is not as easy as increasing its defence a study of Chinese researchers shows in Scientific Advances.
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Asymmetric flowers
Left-right asymmetry breaks with the expected symmetry. Think of flowers with their style and anthers located respectively left and right of the middle, Now, a group of international researchers show how a plant breaks with symmetry.
The importance of different traits
In general, the more diverse a forest how better it can deal with drought and heat. But the local effect of tree diversity is less clear. Now a group of international researchers show that for a tree the water use efficiency of its neighbours makes a big difference.
Seeds in the starting blocks
Farmers and researchers prime seeds to get an even germination. Now researchers from the Netherlands show in New Phytologist that priming puts the available mRNA in the translation starting blocks.
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