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As a reader of our blog, we know that you are passionate about the power of plant science to tackle global challenges, such as food security, climate change, and human health. The Global Plant Council is dedicated to promoting plant science…

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Aquaporins capable of functioning as all-in-one osmotic systems

Dr Caitlin Byrt, University of Adelaide This week’s post was written by Dr Caitlin Byrt, University of Adelaide, whose research focuses the roles of water-channeling proteins – aquaporins – and ion transport in plants. Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that…

Isabel19/12/2016

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Battening down the hatches: priming plant defense

This week’s blog post was written by Dr. Mike Roberts (Lancaster University, UK). Dr. Mike Roberts, Lancaster University, UK, Mike with an experiment to test the effects of parental herbivory on defense priming in the next generation of Arabidopsis plants.…

Isabel12/12/2016

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Does Australia hold the key to food security?

This article is reposted from the Devex blog with kind permission from the author, Lisa Cornish. Plant samples in the genebank at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture's Genetic Resources Unit, at the institution’s headquarters in Colombia. Credit: Neil Palmer /…

Isabel05/12/2016

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Temperate matters in agriculture

Most of the world’s food is produced in temperate zones. The Global Food Security program’s Evangelia Kougioumoutzi reports on the TempAg network. Agricultural production in temperate regions is highly productive with a significant proportion of global output originating from temperate…

Isabel28/11/2016

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