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To avoid cassava disease, Tanzanian farmers can plant certain varieties in certain seasons

A nutty-flavored, starchy root vegetable, cassava (also known as yuca) is one of the most drought-resistant crops and is a major source of calories and carbs for people in developing countries, serving as the primary food for more than 800…

Isabel28/11/2019

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Researchers describe how Vitamin E works in plants under extreme conditions

Vitamin E is a potential antioxidant that could act as a sentinel in plants, sending molecular signs from chloroplast –a cell organelle- to the nucleus. This flow of information reaching the cell nucleus –retrograde signalling- is a molecular mechanism that…

Isabel27/11/2019

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Underground fungal relationships key to thriving plants

For a plant to thrive, it needs the help of a friendly fungus–preferably one that will dig its way deep into the cells of the plant’s roots. A new paper shows that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are especially helpful to the…

Isabel25/11/2019

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Researchers help tomato plants repel pathogens with a ‘vaccine’ to boost their chemical defense systems

Scientists knew that plants wage chemical war against bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Now they’ve learned how to “vaccinate” tomato plants with a natural chemical to boost their defenses against a pest that makes leaves shrivel up and die.

Isabel22/11/2019

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Red Algae Thrive Despite Ancestor’s Massive Loss of Genes

Study may spawn ways to genetically alter and control red seaweeds. You’d think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae: An ancestor of red algae lost about a…

Isabel21/11/2019

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To avoid cassava disease, Tanzanian farmers can plant certain varieties in certain seasons

Researchers describe how Vitamin E works in plants under extreme conditions

Underground fungal relationships key to thriving plants

Researchers help tomato plants repel pathogens with a ‘vaccine’ to boost their chemical defense systems

Red Algae Thrive Despite Ancestor’s Massive Loss of Genes

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