Plants remember how much warmer than usual it was last year
Stress memories using epigenetics are helping plants adapt to climate change.
Category: Cells, Genes & Molecules
How does it feel?
Plants might not feel pain as such, but they need a way to get damage signals around their body. A new study uncovers some of the process.
Plant hormones to help prevent Striga invasion
Blocking the biosynthesis of canonical strigolactones by TIS108, a specific enzyme inhibitor, significantly lowered Striga infestation without affecting rice growth.
Botanists discover not all clones are the same, it depends on how you make them
A study of Paspalum species native to South America shows that while clones can expand a plant’s range, the method a parent uses to clone itself will impact how the population develops.
Modelling pollen competition
Identification of traits affecting pollen performance
New open source software for identifying candidate genes
Introducing cageminer, an R/Bioconductor package to prioritize candidate genes by integrating GWAS and gene coexpression networks
Simulating red:far red ratio in your model
The best method depends on your goal, need for accuracy, and computing allowance
Less Is More When Plants Call for Aid
Scientists find that reducing fertilizer input to a field can help plants call for assistance when fighting off herbivores.
Machine learning used to identify transcription factor-DNA interactions
Surveying machine learning methods to improve detection of binding sites.
Botanists find nectar can be a source of antimicrobial compounds
Plants regularly have unprotected sex. How do they avoid unwanted infections?
Marchantia Mothers Switch Off the Father’s Genes After Sex
New research from the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Biology finds evidence of ‘genetic imprinting’ in a non-vascular plant for the first time.
Increased soybean yields finally achieved
Bioengineering boosts photosynthesis and increases yields in food crops for the first time ever.
Connecting rhythmic gene circuits to metabolism explains the slow growth rate of a slow-clock mutant
A model designed to study circadian effects on physiology becomes more broadly useful when the clock regulates metabolites.
Photosynthesis on the far side of the rainbow
Light you cannot see, in the infrared part of the spectrum, is surprisingly important for plant photosynthesis.