Cool buds Sometimes plants are too hot. Especially pollen development is heat sensitive. But, as Dutch researchers show in a Preprint, plants have found a way around. When pollen develop during a heatwave they are often not viable. With as result: lower fertility. But fortunately plants have found a solution, they cool their flower budsContinue reading “Cool buds”
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A brake on stomata
A brake on stomata Plant adapt their growth to their environment. A leaf, for example, growing under higher CO2 concentrations has fewer stomata. Swedish researchers show in Plant, Cell & Environment how plants are regulating this. The researchers started their research with the question how the environment influenced leaf growth. Using a plant without CDK8,Continue reading “A brake on stomata”
Zigzagging plants
Zigzagging plants Play a recording of growing plants at high speed, and you will see plant spinning on their stems. Now a group of international researchers show in Physical Review X that plants doing this avoid the shade of their neighbours. The spinning movements from plants we mainly observe by climbing plants. Those try withContinue reading “Zigzagging plants”
From growth to flowering
From growth to flowering During the transition from growth to flowering the growth centre is changing from form and function. Instead of leaves, it now will produce flowers. The team of George Coupland characterised what exactly changes and how the plant is regulating this. Growth centres are the reason that plants can grow new tissuesContinue reading “From growth to flowering”
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