Learned early A good immune response is important to quickly overpower incoming pathogens. Now researchers show in Plant Cell that that basis of this response stems from 500 million years ago. Immune receptors are important for the recognition of pathogens. Plants have multiple types of immune receptors. One of those are the NLR immune receptorsContinue reading “Learned early”
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Many roads lead to the flower
Many roads lead to the flower There are many roads to Rome, or in this case to the flowers of plants like sunflower, gerberas and bellis. That is what researchers of the Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz and Paula Elomaa groups show in the New Pathologist. How the vascular tissues form remains an intriguing phenomenon. So far inContinue reading “Many roads lead to the flower”
Microbial helpers
Microbial helpers Striga, a parasitic weed, causes large cereal production losses in Sub-Sharan Africa. Preventing striga infections is therefore important. Now a group of international researchers discovered that microbes may hold the key to preventing striga infections. Striga infects many cereals. As they are dependent on their host, striga seeds wait with germinating till theyContinue reading “Microbial helpers”
Apparently not synchronised
Apparently not synchronised In spring all plants of the same species appear to flower at the same time. Their age apparently does not matter. Now American researchers show that age may indeed have a role. Synchronised flowering of plants is the source of exuberant floral splendour. At the same time it helps with the pollinationContinue reading “Apparently not synchronised”
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