News

Agriculture News Plant Science

Photosynthesis: Living laboratories

Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that cyanobacteria and plants employ similar mechanisms and key proteins to regulate cyclic electron flow during photosynthesis.

Isabel27/12/2019

KAUST News Plant Health Plant Science

Discovery of immunity signaling intermediary could lead to more pest-resistant crops.

A new actor in the immune system of plants has been identified. Scientists have identified the protein MAP4K4 is needed to mount proper defenses against environmental pathogens.

Isabel26/12/2019

Climate change News Plant Science

How plants adjust their body plan to cope with high temperature stress

Biologists have described a new molecular mechanism that allows plants to optimize their growth under suboptimal high-temperature conditions.

Isabel24/12/2019

Agriculture News

Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands

A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.

Isabel23/12/2019

News Plant Science

Discovery Increases Chance of Improving Iron Content in Plants

Researchers have discovered a gene that controls the regulation of iron uptake in plants, according to a new study. With over 2 billion people suffering from iron deficiency around the world, the discovery could be the key to increasing the…

Isabel19/12/2019

Are you an early-career researcher?

Gold Sponsor

Photosynthesis: Living laboratories

Discovery of immunity signaling intermediary could lead to more pest-resistant crops.

How plants adjust their body plan to cope with high temperature stress

Coated seeds may enable agriculture on marginal lands

Discovery Increases Chance of Improving Iron Content in Plants

Upcoming Events

Popular Within Last Month

Recent publications

Search

Search