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Jul

23

2012

Lighting up the plant hormone “command system”

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —Light is not only the source of a plant’s energy, but also an environmental signal that instructs the growth behavior of plants. As a result, a plant’s sensitivity to light is of great interest to scientists and their research on this ...

Jun

01

2012

Plant research funding crucial for the future

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —The scientific community needs to make a 10-year, $100 billion investment in food and energy security, says Carnegie’s Wolf Frommer and Tom Brutnell of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in an opinion piece published in the June ...

Apr

25

2012

Wolf B. Frommer Receives Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.—The American Society for Plant Biology (ASPB) awarded Wolf B. Frommer, director of Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology, the Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in Plant Biology Research for “his major contributions in the ...

Mar

29

2012

New Databases Harvest a Rich Bounty of Information on Crop Plant Metabolism

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — The Plant Metabolic Network ( http://www.plantcyc.org/ ), which is based at Carnegie’s Department of Plant Biology, has launched four new online databases that offer an unprecedented view of the biochemical pathways controlling the ...

Mar

02

2012

The future of plant science – a technology perspective

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — Plant science is key to addressing the major challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, according to Carnegie’s David Ehrhardt and Wolf Frommer. In a Perspective published in The Plant Cell , the two researchers argue that ...

Feb

27

2012

Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn’t available, energy is generated by breaking down carbohydrates and sugars, just as it ...

Feb

21

2012

How can we crack the biofuel roadblock?

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Along with photosynthesis, the plant cell wall is one of the features that most set plants apart from animals. A structural molecule called cellulose is necessary for the manufacture of these walls. Cellulose is synthesized in a semi- ...

Feb

06

2012

Steroids control gas exchange in plants

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plant's leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the atmosphere ...

Dec

20

2011

New tool offers unprecedented access for root studies

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Plant roots are fascinating plant organs – they not only anchor the plant, but are also the world’s most efficient mining companies. Roots live in darkness and direct the activities of the other organs, as well as interact with the ...

Dec

08

2011

The heart of the plant

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA — Food prices are soaring at the same time as the Earth’s population is nearing 9 billion. As a result the need for increased crop yields is extremely important. New research led by Carnegie’s Wolf Frommer into the system by which ...

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