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Image: A simultaneous rise in the activity of miR156 and gibberellin in the tomato's floral meristem results in malformed ovaries and misshapen seedless fruit. Credit: ESALQ-USP

Study reveals key molecular mechanisms involved in development of tomato plant

Researchers describe mechanisms relating to the development of the tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) and point to ways of creating novel technologies for tomato yield improvement.

Isabel31/01/2024

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Global scientific network highlights plant genera named for women

A network of scientists across the globe have identified more than 700 plant genera named for women. This is a nearly 20-fold increase in the number of genera linked to women before the group started working on the list.

Isabel30/01/2024

Image: In this rendition of the macromolecular model of the secondary cell wall in poplar wood, cellulose is shown in white, hemicellulose in green, and lignin in yellow. Credit: Peter Ciesielski, NREL

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Researchers Produce First Macromolecular Model of Plant Secondary Cell Wall

A multidisciplinary approach has enabled researchers to quantitatively define the relative positioning and arrangement of the polymers in Populus wood and to create a computer model that details the findings. The research into solving this macromolecular puzzle may hold the key to…

Isabel29/01/2024

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Botany News Plant Science

Genome database for desiccation-tolerant plants released

Desiccation is typically fatal for plant vegetative tissues, but a small number of land plants have evolved vegetative desiccation tolerance (VDT), allowing them to dry without dying through a process called anhydrobiosis. Recently, a research group established a genome database,…

Isabel26/01/2024

Agriculture Climate change News

Discovery raises hopes of more temperature tolerant wheat

Gene-editing techniques have helped to identify a temperature tolerance factor that may protect wheat from the increasingly unpredictable challenges of climate change.

Isabel25/01/2024

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Study reveals key molecular mechanisms involved in development of tomato plant

Global scientific network highlights plant genera named for women

Researchers Produce First Macromolecular Model of Plant Secondary Cell Wall

Genome database for desiccation-tolerant plants released

Discovery raises hopes of more temperature tolerant wheat

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