Old clones A group of international researchers discovered that an eelgrass colony is about 1400 years old. They managed this feat due to the developing an new age determination method for clones that they published in Nature and Ecology & Evolution. For organisms that multiply by cloning themselves it is difficult to determine their age.Continue reading “Old clones”
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Pollen navigation
Pollen navigation Multiple fertilizations of an ovule do not contribute to healthy offspring. Plants therefore have taken measures to prevent this. Now researchers from Japan show how a plant manages this. The landing of a pollen grain on a pistil of a flower is only the first hurdle of fertilization. After landing the pollen grainContinue reading “Pollen navigation”
Sensing temperature
Sensing temperature When heat strikes plants can not just find a place in the shade. Instead they initiate their heat protocol. Now German and French researchers report in Nature that they found one of the switches of this protocol. One of the things that the heat stress protocol regulates is making sure that not toContinue reading “Sensing temperature”
Armed against salt
Armed against salt When there is an extensive amount of salt plants take action. One of the things they do, as researchers lead by Christa Testerink show in The Plant Cell, is adapting their cell wall. To prevent weakening by sodium ions. Plants, just like other organisms, don’t like an extensive amount of salt. ItContinue reading “Armed against salt”
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