A new study provides insight into the physiological and genetic control of transpiration in faba bean and opportunities for marker-assisted selection to improve its performance in water-limited environments.
Tag - faba bean
Sarah Covshoff
Botanical genomics to boost sustainable agriculture: the case of faba bean
Since the release of the first plant genome in 2000, the field of next-generation sequencing applied to botanical species has bloomed and expanded from model organism (Arabidopsis thaliana) to crops, thus becoming a...
Michela Osnato
VfODB, a comprehensive database for faba bean improvement
Presenting a new open-access genomic database for marker assisted breeding of Vicia faba.
William Salter
Getting out in the sun can lead to better sex
What could make sex better for a plant? When it brings in new genes from other plants. And this is what happens when faba beans get heat stress.
Alun Salt
Altruistic plants?
There’s been a thoughtfulness* of books recently that reflect on aspects of plant intelligence – e.g. Daniel Chamovitz’s What a Plant Knows, Anthony Trewavas’ Plant Behaviour & Intelligence, Richard Karban’s Plant...
Nigel Chaffey