In general, the more diverse a forest how better it can deal with drought and heat. But the local effect of tree diversity is less clear. Now a group of international researchers show that for a tree the water use efficiency of its neighbours makes a big difference.
Tag Archives: Plant biology
Seeds in the starting blocks
Farmers and researchers prime seeds to get an even germination. Now researchers from the Netherlands show in New Phytologist that priming puts the available mRNA in the translation starting blocks.
Zaden in de startblokken
Boeren en onderzoekers primen zaden om gelijkmatige kieming te krijgen. Nu laten Nederlandse onderzoekers in New Phytologist zien dat primen het aanwezige mRNA in de startblokken zet om vertaald te worden.
Each growth centre cell type its own complex
In a plant’s growth centre there are lots of proteins involved in the regulation of cell divisions. Now German and Dutch researchers show in EMBO reports the interaction of those proteins in root growth centre.
Plant en Zo 