Armed against salt When there is an extensive amount of salt plants take action. One of the things they do, as researchers lead by Christa Testerink show in The Plant Cell, is adapting their cell wall. To prevent weakening by sodium ions. Plants, just like other organisms, don’t like an extensive amount of salt. ItContinue reading “Armed against salt”
Tag Archives: Roots
Controlled orientation
Controlled orientation Sometimes, when you are studying something in more detail, it turns out to be working a little different than you first imagined it. This is shown by American researchers in Nature for the orientation of cell divisions of root cells. The final form of an organism is the result of a whole bunchContinue reading “Controlled orientation”
Layer against drought
An extra layer against drought The suberin is a fatty layer between the cell membrane and the cell wall. In roots plants develop this layer either in the outermost or second outermost cell layer. American researchers now show in Nature Plants that in tomato plants this layer helps the plants to deal with drought. TheContinue reading “Layer against drought”
Longer roots
Longer roots in summertime weather Often warm weather and drought come as a pair. Although there is a reasonable amount known of how the above ground parts of plants deal with this, we know less about how roots deal with the combination of heat and drought. To change this Dutch researchers decide to study thisContinue reading “Longer roots”
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