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

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.
Isabel
22/11/2019
Research team illuminates system by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times NewsPlant Science

Research team illuminates system by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times

A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants to asexually reproduce through creating clonal progenies. Furthermore, this transcription factor was revealed to have the same origin as those which regulate secondary…
Isabel
18/11/2019