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 ...