How do plant hormones facilitate plant survival in extreme environments?

Which plant hormones are critical in responding to drought conditions? How do plant hormone responses adjust to environmental ...

Plants are incredibly sensitive – what we learned about their response system could help protect humans

At first glance, plants may seem passive – but beneath their stillness lies a world of complexity and constant activity.
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Discovery reveals how a specialized structure in plant cells helps regulate photosynthesis

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for the photosynthesis that sustains life on Earth by ...
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Plant Communities and Vegetation Classification

A plant community is an assemblage of plants that co-exist in a similar environment. Different communities are defined by their structure, form, and species composition. Plant communities are both ...
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Unlocked enzyme structure shows how strigolactone hormone controls plant growth

As sessile organisms, plants have to continually adapt their growth and architecture to the ever-changing environment. To do so, plants have evolved distinct molecular mechanisms to sense and respond ...
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DIGGING DEEPER – HOW SOIL BIOTA DRIVE AND RESPOND TO PLANT INVASIONS: Direct and indirect effects of native range expansion on soil microbial community structure and function

1. Analogous to the spread of non-native species, shifts in native species' ranges resulting from climate and land use change are also creating new combinations of species in many ecosystems. These ...
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Mating Structure and Inbreeding and Outbreeding Depression in the Rare Plant Gentianella germanica (Gentianaceae)

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Isolation and small size of populations as a result of habitat destruction and fragmentation may negatively affect plant fitness through ...