Some plants thrive in a salty environment. Now Japanese researchers show that one of them, Vigna marina, thanks its extreme salt tolerance due to a two-pronged approach.
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Eavesdropping vs conscious warning
Plants warn neighbouring plants against attach, don’t they? A new study shows that plants might not be as altruistic as we think.
Flexible cell walls
A new study shows that cell wall flexibility determines how plant cells react to damaged neighbours.
New state of immunity
A new study shows that during an infection plant cells can reprogram themselves into immune cells
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