Image credit: The research team has subjected the leaves near the fruit to the technique of near and mid-infrared spectroscopy. Credit: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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A new technique predicts the ripeness of fruit by analysing leaves

A new method analyses the biochemical changes in the leaves closest to the fruit without damaging it.

Isabel16/01/2026

Image: The motor protein mediates salt tolerance via a Na⁺ transport pathway in Arabidopsis. Credit: Haiyang Liu from Waseda University, Japan

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A Key Molecular Target for Salt-Tolerant Crops

Salt stress is a major factor that impairs plant growth and yield. Researchers have revealed that Arabidopsis thaliana myosin XI-1 significantly regulates adaptation to salt stress via intracellular sodium ion (Na⁺) homeostasis. It can thus serve as a promising molecular…

Isabel07/01/2026

Image: The Ottelia alismoides. Credit: FU Wenlong

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Unique aquatic plant has three concurrent CO₂-concentrating mechanisms

A new study has identified a unique trait in the aquatic plant Ottelia alismoides that it can simultaneously employ three distinct CO₂-concentrating mechanisms (CCMs). This finding provides new insights into how these pathways, long considered incompatible within the same plant tissue, can operate concurrently.

Isabel26/12/2025

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Discovery of plant reproductive success provides insights into human fertility

Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants.

Isabel22/12/2025

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Soil ‘memory’ can help plants respond to drought

New research has found that microbial communities in soil have the capacity to remember and adapt to past environmental events, helping plants to withstand drought stress.

Isabel19/12/2025

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