Deciphering stress reactions At first glance a plants reaction to many stressors appear to be identical. Still each stressor elicit a specific response. Now German researchers show in Nature using light-gated calcium and anion channels that the difference is in the tiniest detail of the reaction. In studies with animal cells, researchers are using themContinue reading “Deciphering stress reactions”
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Cool buds
Cool buds Sometimes plants are too hot. Especially pollen development is heat sensitive. But, as Dutch researchers show in a Preprint, plants have found a way around. When pollen develop during a heatwave they are often not viable. With as result: lower fertility. But fortunately plants have found a solution, they cool their flower budsContinue reading “Cool buds”
A brake on stomata
A brake on stomata Plant adapt their growth to their environment. A leaf, for example, growing under higher CO2 concentrations has fewer stomata. Swedish researchers show in Plant, Cell & Environment how plants are regulating this. The researchers started their research with the question how the environment influenced leaf growth. Using a plant without CDK8,Continue reading “A brake on stomata”
Zigzagging plants
Zigzagging plants Play a recording of growing plants at high speed, and you will see plant spinning on their stems. Now a group of international researchers show in Physical Review X that plants doing this avoid the shade of their neighbours. The spinning movements from plants we mainly observe by climbing plants. Those try withContinue reading “Zigzagging plants”
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