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LHY2 Integrates Night-Length Information to Determine Timing of Poplar Photoperiodic Growth
The research team led by Isabel Allona and Mariano Perales, in collaboration with Phil Wigge’s and Katja Jaeger’s teams, described a novel mechanism used by poplar to measure night-length, integrating this information for determining the boundaries of the growing season..
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New multidrug transporter of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato involved in resistance to plant antimicrobials
Multidrug resistance (MDR) efflux pumps protect bacteria against a wide spectrum of antimicrobial compounds. The number of studies on MDR systems in phytopathogenic bacteria is rather limited, particularly those focusing on plant-defense compounds as potential substrates of the pumps. This work analyzes the role of a new P. syringae MDR system.
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To increase crop production with fewer fertilizers: The relevance of the phosphate
Phosphate deficiency in soils is one of the major causes of agricultural production losses. Therefore, continuous fertilizers application is required to increase yield, but this excessive use has negative environmental and economic consequences. Thus, crop improvement in phosphate uptake and use is essential to develop sustainable agriculture.
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Cucumber mosaic virus as a potential selective pressure on Arabidopsis thaliana populations
It has been proposed that in wild ecosystems viruses are often plant mutualists, whereas agroecosystems favour pathogenicity. We seek evidence for virus pathogenicity in wild ecosystems through the analysis of plant-virus coevolution, which requires a negative effect of infection on the host fitness. Plant-virus coevolution has not been demonstrated yet in any wild system.
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Synthetic biology techniques to get better and more reproducible transgenic plants
For more than 20 years, plant biologists have tried to achieve complete control of transgene expression. However, until the techniques to target transgenes to safe harbor sites in the genome become routine, we need to find methods to avoid avoid positional effects.
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CBGP postdoctoral researchers succeeded at the major European Congress on Allergy and Clinical Immunology by winning two awards
Jaime Tomé Amat and María Garrido Arandia, Postdocs at the Plant Allergens group led by Araceli Díaz Perales, won awards for the best poster presentation and the best poster discussion at the 38th EAACI congress held in Lisbon.
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