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“#Study sheds new light on vein formation in plants” Credit: Pixabay An international team of researchers including the University of Adelaide, has found plant hormones known as strigolactones suppress the transportation of auxin, the main plant hormone involved in vein formation, so that vein formation occurs slower and with greater focus. The research, published in…
“#Research could save years of breeding for new Miscanthus hybrids” Miscanthus seedheads. Credit: Don Hamerman As climate change becomes increasingly difficult to ignore, scientists are working to diversify and improve alternatives to fossil-fuel-based energy. Renewable bioenergy crops, such as the perennial grass Miscanthus, show promise for cellulosic ethanol production and other uses, but current hybrids…
“#Novel ‘on-off’ switch discovered in plant defenses” A new report describes the discovery of an “on-off” switch used in plant defenses. Credit: Huffaker Lab, UC San Diego To ensure survival, living organisms are equipped with defensive systems that detect threats and respond with effective counter measures. Plants are known to mount quick defenses against a…
“#Slow growth the key to long term cold sensing” NTL8 is expressed in a restricted region in Arabidopsis in the warm (shown here is the root tip), but over a long period in the cold the protein gradually accumulates and expands to a larger region. Mathematical modeling showed that the slowing down of growth in…
“#Back to the future: new study could lead to bumper crops” Using a chloroplast SynBio approach the researchers deciphered how the small subunit influences potato Rubisco catalysis. Credit: Elena Martin-Avila, et al. (2020). Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production. The study shows a…
“#Crop infesting spores ‘tricked’ by new biomaterials to aid global wheat production” Credit: CC0 Public Domain New man-made materials developed by scientists have been successfully used to confuse and trick harmful spores which attack wheat crops into growing on an alternative host to help farmers protect their food production. Researchers at The University of Manchester…
“#Day in, day out: Targeting the daily magnesium ‘rhythm’ can optimize crop yield” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The fundamental process that arguably forms the backbone of life on earth is photosynthesis; every organism is directly or indirectly dependent on this process. On paper, the process is simple: plants (and other organisms that have chloroplasts, the…
“#Protein involved in corn’s water stress response discovered” The protein, which is involved in the mechanism of the plant’s response to water and thermal stresses and to invasion by fungi, has been named DRIK1. It could help develop drought-resistant plant varieties and products that reduce losses related to climate change. Credit: Cystal of the protein…
“#Plant tissue engineering improves drought and salinity tolerance” Credit: CC0 Public Domain After several years of experimentation, scientists have engineered thale cress, or Arabidopsis thaliana, to behave like a succulent, improving water-use efficiency, salinity tolerance and reducing the effects of drought. The tissue succulence engineering method devised for this small flowering plant can be used…
“#New research reveals plant control with the power of light” Scientists have found a way to control different plant processes — such as when they grow — using nothing but colored light.The development reveals how coloured light can be used to control biological processes in plants by switching different genes on and off. PULSE enables…