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The role of lichens and mosses in climate change

An international research team has investigated the potential impacts of climate change on non-vascular vegetation (mosses, lichens) and their functions in ecosystems worldwide. Based on this, the researchers have developed a concept paper proposing the next important steps for the…

Isabel11/01/2023

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How plants protect themselves from oxidative stress during iron uptake – and why this is also important for humans

Iron is a critical micronutrient for the survival of plants and humans, yet too much iron can also be toxic. An interdisciplinary research team has discovered that the protein PATELLIN2 is not only involved in regulating iron levels in plants.…

Isabel10/01/2023

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How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

New research is showing how the rise of modern agriculture has turned a North American native plant, common waterhemp, into a problematic agricultural weed.

Isabel09/01/2023

News Plant Science

Forest wildflowers and their overstory trees are changing with climate, but not always keeping pace

For spring ephemerals, timing is everything. These special wildflowers grow in temperate forests around the world, early in spring before the trees leaf out. Come out too early and it's still winter, too late and it's too shady under the…

Isabel05/01/2023

Agriculture News Plant Science

A journey across generations – Inheritance of the plant microbiome via the seed

What defines us and other living organisms more strongly: genes or the environment? Only recently, researchers were able to prove experimentally that even microorganisms can be inherited from one plant generation to the next via the seed. In a new…

Isabel04/01/2023

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The role of lichens and mosses in climate change

How plants protect themselves from oxidative stress during iron uptake – and why this is also important for humans

How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed

Forest wildflowers and their overstory trees are changing with climate, but not always keeping pace

A journey across generations – Inheritance of the plant microbiome via the seed

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