Een symbiose met arbuscular mycorrhizal schimmels helpt planten bij een tekort aan voedingstoffen. Maar in vlinderbloemige de regulatie is net even anders. Dit bestuderend vond een nieuwe studie dat wanneer de symbiose aangegaan is de plant actief meer behulpzame microben rekruteert.
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Parasite organ formation
Parasitic plants need another plant to survive. With an organ called an haustorium they latch on their host plant to siphon away its nutrients. Now a new study shines some light on how the development of an haustorium is regulated.
Attracting useful bacteria
Plants that grow in challenging environments, like limited nutrients, often attract microbes that can help them. Now researchers show that by increasing the signals that attract helpful microbes plants can grow better in challenging environments.
Self-restricting parasites
For parasitic plants it is a disadvantage if they all latch on the same host. Now Swedish and Japanese researchers show in PNAS that some parasitic plants at least can control this.
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