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This month 50 new breaking news stories were posted on the GPC website including...
New special issue in Journal of Experimental Biology: Strigolactones: New Plant Hormones in Action
Strigolactones were only recently recognized as an important new class of plant hormone, and are now the subject of intensive research. The reviews and research in the latest special issue from Journal of Experimental Botany cover the rapid growth in our understanding of their diverse roles, as well as novel agricultural applications.
In Frontiers in Plant Science: Cocoa CRISPR gene editing shows promise for improving the 'chocolate tree'
Use of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 could help to breed cacao trees that exhibit desirable traits such as enhanced resistance to diseases.
Battling bubbles: How plants protect themselves from killer fungus
In the battle between plants and pathogens, molecules called small RNAs are coveted weapons used by both invaders and defenders. Researchers report how plants package and deliver the small RNAs, or sRNAs, they use to fight back against plant pathogens.
Mistletoe has lost 'most of its respiratory capacity'
Two independent studies show that mistletoe's parasitic lifestyle has led the species to a rather surprising evolutionary loss. Mistletoe lacks key components of the cellular machinery other organisms depend upon to convert glucose into the energy-carrying molecule ATP.
In the Journal of Experimental Botany: How wheat can root out the take-all fungus
Winter wheat varieties can strongly support naturally occurring populations of beneficial fungi, which suppress the pathogenic take-all fungus.
Why plants are so sensitive to gravity: the lowdown
If you tilt a plant, it will alter its growth to bend back upwards, but how does it detect the inclination? Tiny gravity-detecting grains, known as statoliths, behave like a fluid, detecting even the slightest incline without being affecting by movements such as wind.
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