Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is well-known for its role in cells as acting almost like currency for energy storage. Research by Elsa Matthus and colleagues shows that it can also play an important role outside the cell...
Author - Fi Gennu
Fi Gennu
Aquaporins and apoplastic barriers in nutrient-limited barley
Aquaporins can change their activity reversibly, if exposed to a change in nutrients.
Is auxin behind adventitious root formation in petunia cuttings?
Yes, but you'll need nitrogen and somewhere dark.
Impact of sodic soils on wheat coleoptile length and root angle
How do plants emerge from the ground in tough sodium-rich soils?
Woody plants work with microbes to shape the soil they live in
The B-horizon in soil is created through interactions between plants and rhizosphere organisms.
Maize is better when it’s hairy
Root hairs help maize take up phosphorus from the soil.
CIPK9 regulates ammonium-dependent root growth in rice
What interacts with IDD10 to manage ammonium uptake in rice? New research points to CIPK9.
Wild tomatoes have the genes to partner with fungi
Foraging for nutrients is easier when something else does it for you, but how can tomatoes better attract a partner?
Wild relatives of beans retain useful drought resistance
A new study of wild crop relatives of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) finds they retain useful adaptations to drought stress.
Root growth and plant height connected to an auxin-related gene
What makes a plant tall? Scientists think it may be connected to a gene involved in responding to the hormone Auxin.
The bzh root system reacts highly economically when N is scarce
In oilseed rape (Brassica napus) bzh dwarf plants have improved nitrogen (N) uptake, N-utilization and N-use efficiency compared to normal types. Is this due to their shoots, or do roots play a role?
Strigolactones interact with other plant hormones in many situations
Strigolactones are interesting phytohormones in their own right, but Luke Omoarelojie and colleagues say we should be looking at cross-talk with other hormones too.
The Miscanthus sacchariflorus homeland lies beneath the waves
A study of the genetic diversity of Miscanthus sacchariflorus has revealed that the centre of its diversity now lies under the Yellow Sea.
