Cells, Genes & Molecules - Botany One (Page 3)

Genetic factors acting prior to dormancy in sour cherry influence bloom time the following spring

Cherry trees are beloved for their beautiful white blooms in spring and juicy red fruits in summer. Their productivity is, however, threatened by global warming. Goeckeritz and colleagues analysed floral development in sour cherry and their results published in the Journal of Experimental Botany can

mareike-jezek

18 Apr 2025

A woman stands on a wooden planter box in a greenhouse, tending to a tall tropical plant. She's wearing a light-colored overs

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Why Pedigree Matters for the Survival of Endangered Plants Like Titan Arum

Scientists built a pedigree of Titan Arum, a rare and endangered plant, and found that botanic gardens might be unintentionally reducing its genetic diversity.

Renata Cantoro

08 Apr 2025

Close-up image of fresh wasabi rhizomes (Japanese horseradish). The rhizomes have a bumpy, knobbly light green surface with v

Cells, Genes & Molecules

The Genetic Secret Behind Wasabi’s Defensive Kick

The genes that help plants draw in carbon dioxide also help plants kick out poisons when herbivores visit.

eurekalert

30 Mar 2025

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Unlocking crop efficiency: A practical guide for Rubisco Assays

Researchers describe a new method for accurately measuring the activation state and quantity of Rubisco.

Guest Author

29 Mar 2025

Someone bends over to look at yellow spaghetti over plants, but it's not spaghetti at all, it's the parasitic plant Cuscuta c

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Scientists Find a Gene That Enables a Plant to Become a Vampire

Scientists discover the gene that gives parasitic dodder its “sense of touch” that makes it an effective predator on host plants.

Alun Salt

27 Mar 2025

A young lady using a microscope. This almost certainly isn't an accurate image of the process, but it puts an image of a micr

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Plant Cells Look Bigger Under the Microscope, But Not the Way You’d Expect

A new technique inflates plant cells, turning ordinary microscopes into super-powered tools.

Alun Salt

11 Mar 2025

A Giant Panda sits eating bamboo, her brain swimming in miRNAs. no doubt. If you don't pay attention to the teeth it looks qu

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Does Bamboo Interfere with Panda Brains to Get Eaten?

Scientists discovered that bamboo plants may actively influence pandas’ brains and biology through tiny RNA molecules that enter their bloodstream.

Alun Salt

05 Mar 2025

A laboratory researcher wearing safety goggles and a blue lab coat uses a pipette to handle samples in a scientific laborator

Cells, Genes & Molecules

How One Tool Helps Different Fungi Hijack Plant Signalling

Scientists discover fungi use a universal “hacking tool” to trick plants into starvation mode, disabling their immune defences and causing devastating crop diseases worldwide.

Alun Salt

04 Mar 2025

Ripe clusters of dark purple wine grapes hanging on the vine, backlit by sunlit yellow-green leaves. The grapes are compact a

Cells, Genes & Molecules

Climate Change Gives Grapes the Sweet Taste of Failing Photosynthesis

Somkuwar & Dhole find that rising temperatures will prove the biggest challenge that centuries-old winemaking traditions have yet faced.

Alun Salt

20 Feb 2025

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Can you teach an old log new tricks?

Mareike Jezek shares the latest advances on epigenetic changes in trees –changes that “allow” plants to prepare their offspring for the environments they might face.

mareike-jezek

03 Feb 2025