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This month 31 new breaking news stories were posted on the GPC website including...
Researchers describe new tubular structures at plant-fungal interface
For hundreds of millions of years, plants and fungi have formed symbiotic relationships to trade crucial nutrients, such as phosphate and fatty acids. Now, researchers have uncovered structural networks of tubules at the plant–fungal interface that could shed light on the mechanisms of this natural partnership.
Scientists have discovered that grasses are able to short cut evolution by taking genes from their neighbours
Novel findings suggest wild grasses are naturally genetically modifying themselves to gain a competitive advantage. Understanding how this is happening may also help scientists reduce the risk of genes escaping from GM crops and creating so called “super-weeds” - which can happen when genes from GM crops transfer into local wild plants, making them herbicide resistant.
Living together: how legume roots accommodate two distinct microbial partners
A research team identifies a gene that controls how legume roots form biological partnerships with two completely different types of microbe—bacteria and fungi—that both help supply nutrients
Nitrogen-fixing trees “eat” rocks, play pivotal role in forest health
Researchers determined red alder, through its symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, taps nutrients that are locked in bedrock, such as calcium and phosphorus. This process accelerates rock dissolution, releasing more mineral nutrients that allow plants and trees to grow.
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