A trick of the light: Optimizing light quality conditions speeds plant growth
Model identifies optimal light conditions to manipulate the circadian clock.
Tag: Arabidopsis thaliana
Plants can become less uniform by duplicating their genome
Though the experiment was limited to two genotypes of a single species, these findings support the idea that whole genome duplication can indeed increase plasticity.
Why are leaves always flat?
A new model uncovers the possible mechanisms underlying the robustness of flat leaf production.
Woodiness only indirectly responsible for embolism resistance in Arabidopsis
Its correlation with intervessel pit membrane thickness provides the missing functional link.
Scientists find a new chemical to induce plant defences
ssODNs are capable of inducing protection against pathogens through the activation of defence genes and promotion of stomatal closure.
Plastic plants?! Nanoplastics may be bad news for plants too.
More evidence that the damaging potential of small plastics needs to extend to terrestrial environments.
It’s epigenetics after all! How environmentally-induced traits might support plant ecosystems
Diversity of parental environments could have comparable effects to genetic diversity in Arabidopsis.
Short- and long-term responses to elevated carbon dioxide use the same genetic controls
Manipulating stomatal traits could produce more crops for dry regions.
A key protein may help trigger germination in Arabidopsis seeds
A close-up view of Cardmine hirsuta’s flight jacket
The SAUR41 subfamily of genes is involved in cell expansion and salt tolerance
The SAUR41 genes are ABA inducible and active during seedling establishment.
Drought stress in Arabidopsis species
Composition and physicochemical properties of outer mucilage from seeds of Arabidopsis natural accessions
Poulain et al. present a dataset describing six traits for polysaccharides extracted from the outer mucilage for 306 natural Arabidopsis thaliana accessions.
