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Are “Plastic” Plants Our Future? Understanding and studying phenotypic plasticity

Phenotypic plasticity in plants occurs at all biological scales in every organism. Phenotypic plasticity is defined as the physical and/or metabolic responses of organisms to their environment. Some plastic responses may be strategies that enhance fitness in specific environments. In…

Isabel01/09/2022

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Does pruning increase cocoa yield? It depends on cocoa tree size and neighbouring trees

Pruning is the art and science of cutting parts of a plant to increase production and ease harvest and spraying activities. In cocoa cultivation, pruning is recommended to farmers, although its effect on cocoa tree growth and cocoa bean production…

Isabel22/08/2022

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Treatment of COVID-19 pandemic with indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants: A Folklore

Two years ago, in 2020, the entire world was engulfed in the COVID19 pandemic, which is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARSCoV2. As everyone knows by now, the most common symptoms of this disease are fever, dry…

Isabel25/07/2022

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A new technique to quantify leaf day respiration

Respiration in plants is a process that consumes sugars (e.g., glucose) and oxygen, produces carbon dioxide (CO2) and water, and releases energy to maintain the primary metabolic and physiological functions during growth. It determines the net carbon gain for plants…

Isabel04/07/2022

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Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Global Plant Council Prize

Delighted to announce the winning Research Topic from the 2021 Global Plant Council Prize: “Systematic Resistance and Defense Priming Against Pathogens”, led by Dr. Nicolás M. Cecchini (CONICET and National University of Córdoba, Argentina) and Dr. Ho Won Jung (Dong-A…

Isabel28/06/2022

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Are “Plastic” Plants Our Future? Understanding and studying phenotypic plasticity

Does pruning increase cocoa yield? It depends on cocoa tree size and neighbouring trees

Treatment of COVID-19 pandemic with indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants: A Folklore

A new technique to quantify leaf day respiration

Announcing the Winner of the 2021 Global Plant Council Prize

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