by adam phillips | Sep 3, 2020 | Hot Off the Press
Parasitic plants use quinones produced by their host to attack. Now we know that crops produce quinones as an immune response against microbial infection. How can we protect crops from both kinds of attack?
by jens wilkinson | Jun 10, 2020 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists used a multi-omics analysis to show that soil solarization helps crops grow because it increases organic nitrogen in the soil.
by adam phillips | Mar 29, 2019 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists have developed a new automated computational mass spectrometry system that can search an organism’s entire metabolome for as-yet-unknown metabolites (potential drugs).
by adam phillips | Nov 6, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
New genetic insights into the plant rehydration process: this is why your plants don’t die after you forgot to water them.
by adam phillips | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Research Highlight
Scientists designed transgenic plants that survive drought-like conditions by bumping up acetic acid production only when water is scarce.
by adam phillips | Jul 5, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to cope with extreme heat by changing the composition of chloroplast membranes.