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Researchers determine chloroplast size unlikely option for improving photosynthetic efficiency

A group of researchers have found, for the first time, that chloroplast size manipulations are unlikely to be an option for increasing crop photosynthetic efficiency.

Isabel20/07/2023

News Plant Science

Dry days trigger leaves to send a surprising growth signal telling roots to keep growing

Scientists have discovered a new molecular signalling pathway, triggered when leaves are exposed to low humidity, that ensures plant roots keep growing towards water.

Isabel19/07/2023

The red-brown stencilwort (left) is an orchid living in symbiosis with fungi. The microscopic images (right) show the tangle-like pelotons of the fungi in the roots of the orchid. Erik Söll.

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Plants feed on fungi: novel method enables unrestricted isotope analyses

Most plants worldwide live in symbiosis with fungi. Often there is an exchange of nutrients from which both partners benefit. In numerous other cases, however, the plants feed unilaterally at the expense of the fungi. International research groups have presented…

Isabel18/07/2023

Agriculture News Plant Science

A Roadmap for Gene Regulation in Plants

A novel approach to synthetic biology could revolutionize how scientists improve plants for bioenergy and agriculture.

Isabel17/07/2023

Close-up of a rice leaf infected by Xoo. The bacterium migrates through the leaf and causes the typical lesions. (Photo: Mohammed Mkuya, Rosemary Murori)

Agriculture News Plant Health

Developing rice varieties resistant to a bacterial disease outbreak in Africa

An international research consortium is developing disease-resistant rice varieties. In the scientific journal eLife, the authors now report on the discovery of a recent bacterial outbreak in Tanzania – and describe how they modified an African rice variety to make…

Isabel14/07/2023

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Researchers determine chloroplast size unlikely option for improving photosynthetic efficiency

Dry days trigger leaves to send a surprising growth signal telling roots to keep growing

Plants feed on fungi: novel method enables unrestricted isotope analyses

A Roadmap for Gene Regulation in Plants

Developing rice varieties resistant to a bacterial disease outbreak in Africa

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