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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Yellow vs purple
Yellow vs purple Often the flowers of one species are equal in colour. But sometimes not. Like a Tibetan Iris which can have either yellow or purple flowers. Now Chinese researchers show in BMC Plant biology that this is caused by mistakes in the colour gene F3H Plants depend on the colour of their flowers.Continue reading “Yellow vs purple”
Sweet duplication
Sweet duplication Some flowers have a specific hollow outgrowth wherein they store their nectar, a so called nectar spur. How these evolved is often a mystery. Now Colombian researchers show in the journal Annals of Botany that it might be the result of a gene duplication. Flowers of Tropaeolum longifolium can only be divided inContinue reading “Sweet duplication”
Orange flowers
Maybe orange will be possible For lots of flower breeders have one wish: breeding a flower with a unique colour. This allows their flower to stick out in a bunch of flowers. Despite their wish to be unique, some colours remain unattainable. Simply because the plant does not have the enzymes to make that specificContinue reading “Orange flowers”
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