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Plant guard cells can count environmental stimuli
Plants adapt their water consumption to environmental conditions by counting and calculating environmental stimuli with their guard cells.
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Soil's secret language: Researchers decode plant-to-fungi communication
Researchers have cracked the code of plant-to-fungi communication in a new study. Using baker's yeast, the researchers discovered that the plant hormone strigolactone (SL) activates fungal genes and ...
Optogenetic method shows plant guard cells can count environmental stimuli to adapt water consumption
Plants control their water consumption via adjustable pores (stomata), which are formed from pairs of guard cells. They open ...
Deciphering the language of cells: How they sense and respond to mechanical forces
Cells, the fundamental building blocks of life, are constantly subjected to a variety of mechanical forces within our bodies.
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Understanding how plants balance growth and survival, one cell at a time
An Iowa State University plant biologist received a $1.8 million federal grant to study a gene that affects both how plants ...