Circadian clock – Plant en Zo

Delayed circadian clock in lettuce

There is a long-standing selection for leavy crops who flower later in the season. Now a new study “Breeding for delayed bolting decelerated the circadian clock in cultivated lettuce” shows that this has also made the circadian clock run slow.

Cold clock

Cold clock Proteins are less quick in the cold. This is also the case for the proteins of the circadian clock. You would think the clock would get out of sync, but, as Japanese researchers show in Science Advances, the plant has found a way to deal with this. The circadian clock consist out ofContinue reading “Cold clock”

Twilight

Twilight Twilight, the period between day and night. The duration of twilight influences the growth and flowering of plants. That, are Canadian and Belgian researchers now showing in Scientific Reports. The influence of twilight on plants was up to date not really studied. For a long time it was difficult to reproduce twilight light conditionsContinue reading “Twilight”

Sham consciousness

Sham consciousness As a young researcher I often got told off when saying that a plant ‘decided’ to take action as a reaction to something. The argument was: ‘A plant does not think, so it can not decide.’ Not something you can argue with. But still I keep coming back to words like ‘decide’ whenContinue reading “Sham consciousness”