Dampening the effects of nighttime chills Plants respond strongly to cold during the day. While night time chilling only gets a mild response. Now researchers from the University of Galsgow show in the New Phytologist how alternative splicing of REVEILLE2 dampens the effect of nighttime chill. The circadian clock regulates many aspects of a plantContinue reading “Nighttime chills”
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Warning plants
Plants warning you for dangerous substances What if a plant can tell you that there are dangerous chemicals in the water or the ground? Not by dying but through simply changing its appearance. Now researchers from University of California – Riverside report in Nature Chemical Biology to have done just that. Organisms are full ofContinue reading “Warning plants”
Double break
Double break One of a seedlings first reactions to salt is stepping on the break. Now researchers from Scotland and Italia show in the New Phytologist how the protein HDC1 is regulating how hard the plant is pressing this break. To make sure that stress genes are not accidentally turned on they are decorated byContinue reading “Double break”
Tracking the sun
Tracking the sun Sunflowers track the sun during the day, while by night they ‘reset’ themselves, ready to start the morning by facing east. A process that scientists have called heliotropism, or the following of the sun. The regulatory mechanism behind this is still unknown, even though researchers from the University of California try toContinue reading “Tracking the sun”
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