Place a plant on its side and its roots and shoots quickly grow down and up again. The plant sensed that the direction of gravity changed and adjusted its growth accordingly. But how plants regulate this temporary adjustment was not exactly known. Now a group of international researchers show that one part of the answer is the temporarily activating the auxin response factor ARF19.
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Turning red
Plants are wonderful chemical factories. So when synthetic food dyes get banned it is only logical to look for plant produced alternatives, like betalain which is naturally produced by beetroots and their relatives. A new study by American researchers explores the possibility of getting other plant species to produce betalain.
Switching from 2D into 3D
Life as we know it happens in 3D. So, when a group of international researchers found a gene that appears to have a role in the transition from 2D into 3D development they where excited.
The old die to protect the young
Flooding gives plants a big blow. Still, if the flooding doesn’t take too long, plants can survive due to a number of survival techniques. One of these is the shedding of old leaves. Now Dutch researchers show in a new study what happens after flooding.
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