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Connecting plant stress response and caffeine

Small to moderate amounts of caffeine can lift your moods and drop the stress levels. Caffeine (trimethylxanthine) is nothing, but a modified form of a related molecule called xanthine, which can also be converted into other smaller molecules that help…

Isabel19/04/2021

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Fruit and Vegetable diversity attracts global attention

Over 400 people from around the world got online at the same time to listen to international experts discuss the status and challenges surrounding conserving, exchanging and using the diversity of fruits and vegetables in 2021, the International Year of…

Isabel13/04/2021

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Be there or be square: nuclear-to-cytoplasm relocalization of Arabidopsis PRORP2 leads to virus resistance

Commentary on Gobert et al. The authors prove the feasibility of an idea through this proof-of-concept work. As they point out, plant antiviral treatments are usually virus-specific, unfortunately for the moment a ‘broad-spectrum’ plant antiviral does not exist.

Isabel29/03/2021

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Fruits and vegetables as key components of plant-based diet

A balanced nutritional diet rich in minerals, antioxidants, and vitamins is of vital importance for human health. Fruits and vegetables are rich sources for most of these dietary phytochemicals and micronutrients. However, today’s most common diets consist mainly of starchy…

Isabel15/03/2021

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Best wishes for a less virus-ridden 2021

We are in the middle of a pandemic, but the experience is different for everyone. This was expressed beautifully in an original tweet by Damian Barr, later expanded by another author into a poem. “We are not all in the…

Isabel24/12/2020

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Connecting plant stress response and caffeine

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Be there or be square: nuclear-to-cytoplasm relocalization of Arabidopsis PRORP2 leads to virus resistance

Fruits and vegetables as key components of plant-based diet

Best wishes for a less virus-ridden 2021

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