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How to build better highways in plants

As a plant grows, it moves cellular material from its version of manufacturing sites to the cell wall construction zone. Transporter proteins, called motor proteins, are thought to move these cell wall cargo via a complex highway system made up…

Isabel01/07/2020

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How bacteria fertilise soya

Soya and clover have their very own fertiliser factories in their roots, where bacteria manufacture ammonium, which is crucial for plant growth. Although this has long been common knowledge, scientists have only recently described the mechanism in detail. With biotechnology,…

Isabel30/06/2020

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Chronobiology: researchers identify genes that tell plants when to flower

How do plants know when it is time to flower? Researchers have studied this question and identified two genes that are key to this process. They were able to show that the ELF3 and GI genes control the internal clock…

Isabel29/06/2020

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Statistical analyses of plant metabolites allow solid testing of plant defense theories for the first time

High-throughput analyses of small substances in Nicotiana attenuata reveal that plants re-organize their metabolism to produce highly-specific defense metabolites after insect attack

Isabel25/06/2020

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Intercropping increases agricultural yield while reducing the use of fertilisers

Intercropping, or the simultaneous cultivation of multiple crops on a single plot of land, can significantly increase the yield, not only of low input agriculture, but also of intensive agriculture, and reduce the use of fertilisers.

Isabel24/06/2020

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How to build better highways in plants

How bacteria fertilise soya

Chronobiology: researchers identify genes that tell plants when to flower

Statistical analyses of plant metabolites allow solid testing of plant defense theories for the first time

Intercropping increases agricultural yield while reducing the use of fertilisers

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