Tracking the sun Sunflowers track the sun during the day, while by night they ‘reset’ themselves, ready to start the morning by facing east. A process that scientists have called heliotropism, or the following of the sun. The regulatory mechanism behind this is still unknown, even though researchers from the University of California try toContinue reading “Tracking the sun”
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Closing the backdoor
Closing the backdoor Fusarium is a major threat to agriculture. With resistance giving only temporary relieve. Now Dutch researchers report in Plant Biotechnology Journal that they have found a way for plants to lose susceptibility. The soil fungus Fusarium infects lots of crops, like tomato, cucumber, and banana. Frustratingly, once infected there is nothing aContinue reading “Closing the backdoor”
Natural GMO
Natural GMO The genome of an organism is not a static thing. It is continuously moving. Genes change, they acquire extra functions or lose them. At sometimes a genome inherits new genes. At other times a gene is lost. Al together a genome is totally dynamic. One of those is the acquiring of genes throughContinue reading “Natural GMO”
Carrot history
Carrot history This time I would like to talk about carrots. About the ever-present orange one, but also about the white, yellow, and purple variants. A group of American and Polish researchers resequenced the genome of 630 carrot variants. Through doing this they deciphered a lot about its history and its orange colour. Wild carrotsContinue reading “Carrot history”
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