The European Research Council awarded a consolidator grant to the plant biologist Debora Gasperini, which investigation strives to solve some mysteries of stress response to pathogen attacks and wounding mediated by the...
Tag - jasmonates
Michela Osnato
Plants under pressure: activation of stress hormones
An introduction to the concept of plant stress and briefly describe a class of phytohormones – called Jasmonates - that mediate plant response to damages caused by herbivore insects, necrotrophic fungi, and mechanical...
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.
Fi Gennu
Prey-induced responses in carnivorous Nepenthes
Carnivorous plants of the genus Nepenthes catch and digest prey, mainly arthropods, in their pitcher traps in order to obtain additional nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate. The digestive character of the pitcher...
botanyone
Vitamin E, phosphorus availability and longevity in arabidopsis
Vitamin E helps to control the cellular redox state by reacting with singlet oxygen and preventing the propagation of lipid peroxidation in thylakoid membranes. Both plant ageing and phosphorus deficiency can trigger...
The cost–benefit model for botanical carnivory
This study concludes that traps have lower rates of photosynthesis than leaves, and that leaves have higher rates of photosynthesis after feeding.
