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Evaluating traits contributing to salinity tolerance

The authors present methods and support methodologies to test for and quantify the impact of salinity on individual traits, such as ion exclusion, maintenance of water relations, transpiration rate and efficiency, ionic relations, photosynthesis, senescence, and maintenance of growth and yield components. aobblog.com

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Project G4687 “New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites” is granted to the Institute as Multy-Year Research Project by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program (SPS)

Project G4687 “New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites” is granted to the Institute as Multy-Year Research Project by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program (SPS). Beginning of the project: 2016; End of the project: 2018. Project manager from the Institute – Professor Nurzhanova Asil. Participants: Kansas State University USA; National University of Life and Environmental Science, Ukraine; Jan

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Wise plant analysis

A new method of plant analysis, developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science, has identified healthful antioxidants in tomato skins. In fact, as reported recently in Nature Communications, the new method reveals that biologically active plant substances typically associated with particular plant species — including those providing health benefits — are much more prevalent across the plant kingdom than was

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Exploring how rice could survive salt stress

KAUST researchers have studied the early responses of rice plants to moderately saline conditions and for the first time pinpointed new salt tolerance genetic loci1. The results could support breeding programs to improve global rice productivity. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-12/kauo-ehr120416.php

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Project for the conservation of Biodiversity flora

Dariya Satybaldiyeva, TEDxAstanaWomen speaker. She is biotechnologist and participates in the research project for the conservation of Biodiversity flora in Kazakhstan which is organized by the Institute of Biology and Plant Biotechnology and the Institute of Botany of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. http://tedxastana.com/katalog/speakers/

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How a fungus inhibits the immune system of plants

The researchers identified a protein with which the fungus suppresses the immune defense of the populated plants. So it makes sure that it is not attacked like disease-inducing fungi and the relationship can succeed in the long run.   https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/uow-haf102516.php

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How plants make friends with fungi

Many fungi damage or even kill plants. But there are also plant-friendly fungi: Most land plants live in close community with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AM fungi) that stimulate their growth. Researchers have studied the development of this symbiosis and have identified a gene that is specifically activated by AM fungi and influences the development of the plant root: The GRAS

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Study reveals which genes are critical to a plant’s response to drought

Because plants cannot relocate when resources become scarce, they need to efficiently regulate their growth by responding to environmental cues. Drought is the most important cause of reduced plant growth and crop yield, which makes insights into a plant’s drought response highly valuable to agriculture. A new study has provided major insights into how plants cope with water-limiting conditions, which

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Researchers modify yeast to show how plants respond to a key hormone

Researchers have developed a novel toolkit based on modified yeast cells to tease out how plant genes and proteins respond to auxin, the most ubiquitous plant hormone. Their system allowed them to decode auxin’s basic effects on a diverse family of plant genes. ScienceDaily.com

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Breakthrough in salt-tolerance in plants research

Breakthrough in salt-tolerance in plants research A breakthrough has been made in investigating salt tolerance in plants which could lead to new salt tolerant varieties of crops, and also answer unresolved questions in plant biology.   ScienceDaily.com