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How do plants regulate their sugar metabolism?

How do plants regulate their sugar metabolism? The protein SPL7 regulates nutrient uptake from the soil, as known before. Now it emerges that this protein also plays a role in a completely different context.

Isabel31/08/2022

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Scientists offer new theory on how plants can orchestrate the rhythms of light

A team of scientists developed a theory that thylakoids, membrane networks key to plant photosynthesis, also function as a defense mechanism to harsh growing conditions, which could aid the development of hardier plants.

Isabel30/08/2022

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Orchid helps insect get a grip: White egret orchid evolved frilly petal to support pollinator hawkmoth

Botanists suggest that the frilly lip of the white egret orchid evolved as a stabilizer for the hawkmoth while it pollinates the plant, resulting in better seed production.

Isabel29/08/2022

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What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: Early exposure to fluctuating water availability can promote plant resilience

Early exposure to fluctuating water availability can alter a plants adaptability in later life stages but can also improve the plants’ performance under stressful or changing conditions. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Ecology. In a new study,…

Isabel26/08/2022

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Researchers Reveal How Parasitic Plants Evolve

Parasitic plants are extraordinary plants with unique physiology, ecology, and evolutionary histories, and little is known about their origin and evolution. Initially, certain autotrophs evolved to be facultative hemiparasitic plants which obtained only water and mineral nutrients from their hosts as…

Isabel25/08/2022

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How do plants regulate their sugar metabolism?

Scientists offer new theory on how plants can orchestrate the rhythms of light

Orchid helps insect get a grip: White egret orchid evolved frilly petal to support pollinator hawkmoth

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: Early exposure to fluctuating water availability can promote plant resilience

Researchers Reveal How Parasitic Plants Evolve

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