Receiver discovered Plants use volatile compounds for communication. Lots is known about how these compounds are made and distributed. But how plants recognise these volatile compounds remained a mystery for a long time. Now American researchers have discovered one of these volatile receivers. That the receivers of volatile compounds in plants remained for a longContinue reading “Receiver discovered”
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Weeping peaches
Weeping peaches Weeping willows and other trees that grow their branches downward appear to give up their fight against gravity. But American researchers show that this is not the case, the hanging branches of peach trees are just as strong. The branches of most trees grow towards the sky. But some trees like weeping willowsContinue reading “Weeping peaches”
Knowing what your neighbour is doing
Knowing what your neighbour is doing Plant cells are connected to each other via their cell wall. While growing, it is therefore useful that they know what their neighbouring cells are doing. Now researchers show in Nature Plants how plants perceive changes of their neighbours: though holding on to them. When plant cells don’t reactContinue reading “Knowing what your neighbour is doing”
Slowly improving
Slowly improving Rubisco, the most occurring enzyme of our planet, is not really efficient. It is more a good enough type of enzyme. Now researchers from England show that rubisco is one of the slowest evolving proteins, which is improving with each slow step it takes. Rubisco, the enzyme that is converting CO2 into sugars,Continue reading “Slowly improving”
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