A study shows how cannabis plants may be the source of new pesticides, but there is a catch.
Tag - secondary metabolites
Alun Salt
Eurekalert
Bulking up: do plants make gains in secondary metabolites through genome duplication?
Whole genome duplication is often associated with gains in plant developmental complexity. Does this include secondary metabolites?
Liam Elliott
The Chemical Tools of Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous plants need to manufacture a variety of specialised chemicals to lure, trap and digest prey.
Fi Gennu
Cyanobacteria: Good week, or bad week..? Part II
Continuing our look at the newsworthy world of the blue-greens. Image: NASA Earth Observatory/ Wikipedia DOM, a double-edged sword … From a bad news point of view – bad for those ‘BBGs’ (bad blue-greens [URL for Part...
Nigel Chaffey
Cyanobacteria: Good week, or bad week..? Part I
This is the first of what is hoped to be a series in which Mr P. Cuttings looks at a group of organisms and tries to decide whether they’ve had a good week, or a bad week. And by way of increasing the intrigue this...
Control of root-knot nematode infection by rhizobacteria in tomato plants
Plants can encourage rhizobacteria to help fight of rot-knot nematodes.
William Salter
Plant-insect relationships, a double-edged sword
Flowering plants have had an intimate relationship with insects for millions of years. Indeed, this is often cited as an example of co-evolution , particularly with regards to the flowers and their pollination...
