Better with far red light Plants use light for their growth. To be more specific, they use the photons from blue and red light. Now Now Dutch researchers show that in addition, photons from far-red light can contribute to the conversion of CO2 to sugars. Plants use far red light it to figure out ifContinue reading “Better with far red light”
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Learned early
Learned early A good immune response is important to quickly overpower incoming pathogens. Now researchers show in Plant Cell that that basis of this response stems from 500 million years ago. Immune receptors are important for the recognition of pathogens. Plants have multiple types of immune receptors. One of those are the NLR immune receptorsContinue reading “Learned early”
Many roads lead to the flower
Many roads lead to the flower There are many roads to Rome, or in this case to the flowers of plants like sunflower, gerberas and bellis. That is what researchers of the Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Paula Elomaa groups show in the New Pathologist. How the vascular tissues form remains an intriguing phenomenon. So far inContinue reading “Many roads lead to the flower”
Microbial helpers
Microbial helpers Striga, a parasitic weed, causes large cereal production losses in Sub-Sharan Africa. Preventing striga infections is therefore important. Now a group of international researchers discovered that microbes may hold the key to preventing striga infections. Striga infects many cereals. As they are dependent on their host, striga seeds wait with germinating till theyContinue reading “Microbial helpers”
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