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The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed

The sensory quality of watermelon fruit is determined by the content of sugar and organic acid, which determines the taste of watermelon during the development and maturation of watermelon fruit. The changes of sugar and organic acid during the watermelon…

Isabel29/01/2021

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A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive

A European Court ruling widely interpreted to mean that all gene-edited organisms are GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) may not be as prescriptive as many first assumed.

Isabel28/01/2021

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A plant’s way to its favorite food

Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays a major role in plant growth and development, thereby affecting agricultural productivity. Scientists were now able to show, how plants adjust their root growth to…

Isabel27/01/2021

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Scientists Discover Plants’ Roadblock to Specialty Oil Production

Hundreds of naturally occurring specialty fatty acids (building blocks of oils) have potential for use as raw materials for making lubricants, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and more—if they could be produced at large scale by crop plants. But attempts to put genes…

Isabel26/01/2021

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The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?

People have puzzled for years why pathogen Phytophthora infestens causes the devastating late blight disease, source of the Irish Potato famine, on potatoes, but has no effect at all on plants like apple or cucumber. How are apple trees and…

Isabel25/01/2021

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The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed

A CRISPR picture emerges on European Union GMO directive

A plant’s way to its favorite food

Scientists Discover Plants’ Roadblock to Specialty Oil Production

The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do pathogens harm some plants but not others?

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