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Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic CO2 fixing enzyme Rubisco

A research group has succeeded in greatly increasing the catalytic activity of Rubisco, the enzyme which fixes carbon from CO2 in plant photosynthesis. The research team also hypothesized the mechanism which determines the catalytic activity of Rubisco, based on structural…

Isabel15/10/2020

Agriculture CEPLAS Future Directions News Plant Science Research

How plants ensure regular seed spacing

An international team of researchers led by biologists has examined how seed formation is coordinated with fruit growth. In their report, they explain the genetic control mechanisms underlying the process. If you open up a pea pod, you will find…

Isabel13/10/2020

CSPB News Plant Health Plant Science

Mystery solved: How do tips of plants stay virus-free?

Plants are able to keep growing indefinitely because they have tissues made of meristems--plant stem cells--which have the unique ability to transform themselves into the various specialized cells that make up the plant, dividing whenever appropriate and producing new cells…

Isabel12/10/2020

Forestry News Plant Health

First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plants in Laikipia County, Kenya

Scientists have led the first assessment of naturalised, invasive and potentially invasive plant species present in Laikipia County, Kenya, which hosts the highest populations of endangered large mammals in the country.

Isabel09/10/2020

Agriculture News

Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement

A team of scientists has completed one of the largest genetic analyses ever done of any agricultural crop to find desirable traits in wheat’s extensive and unexplored diversity.

Isabel08/10/2020

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Successful improvement of the catalytic activity of photosynthetic CO2 fixing enzyme Rubisco

How plants ensure regular seed spacing

Mystery solved: How do tips of plants stay virus-free?

First assessment of naturalized, invasive and potentially invasive plants in Laikipia County, Kenya

Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement

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