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The Brown Revolution: How soil microbes help plants resist disease

Plants can’t self-isolate during a disease outbreak, but they can get help from a friend — beneficial soil microbes help plants ward off a wide range of diseases. Now, scientists have uncovered a major part of the process in which…

Isabel08/04/2020

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How plants protect themselves from sun damage

For plants, sunlight can be a double-edged sword. They need it to drive photosynthesis, the process that allows them to store solar energy as sugar molecules, but too much sun can dehydrate and damage their leaves. A primary strategy that…

Isabel06/04/2020

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Unexpected discovery: Blue-green algae produce oil

Cyanobacteria - colloquially also called blue-green algae - can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study. The result is unexpected: Until now, it was believed that this ability…

Isabel03/04/2020

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Even single-celled organisms need their space: Squished bacteria may shut down photosynthesis

Introverts take heart: When cells, like some people, get too squished, they can go into defense mode, even shutting down photosynthesis. In a study recently published, a team at CU Boulder took advantage of a new microscopic technique to follow the…

Isabel02/04/2020

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How three genes rule plant symbioses

For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. Then 450 million years ago the first plants colonised land, evolving in the process multiple types of beneficial relationships with microbes in…

Isabel01/04/2020

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