Plants take up nitrogen fixing bacteria when they start a symbiosis with them. Now new research shows that it is not a specific gene, but a regulatory element of genes that allows plant to do this.
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Attract and repel
About the effect of the composition of those scents researchers know relatively little. Do plants with a more divers scent bouquet also attract more pollinators? And what about its effect on bacteria?
Finding an entry point
Plants are pretty good at halting entrance to unwanted pathogens. Pathogens do, however, still find a way in. The authors of a new study set out to find out how the fire blight bacteria finds its way in.
Helping hand
Helping hand Plants do better when they get help from in the soil living microbes. New research from Dutch, Belgian and Swiss researchers shows that this effect is increased when these individual microbes also help each other. The soil is full of microbes, fungi and bacteria. Lost of these microbes have a positive effect onContinue reading “Helping hand”
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