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John Bryant takes a closer look at some of this month's Original Articles

J. A. Bryant, Professor

University of Exeter, UK
E-mail j.a.bryant@exeter.ac.uk

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Plants brace themselves for cold shock


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We already know that the cell wall is dynamically involved in many aspects of cell physiology. Following the work of a research team from Warsaw, Blonie and Rzeszów in Poland (Solecka et al., pp. 521–530), it has become apparent that changes in cell wall biochemistry are implicated in low-temperature acclimation. In common with many species, oilseed rape (Brassica napus) may be protected against freezing injury by prior exposure to cold, but not freezing, conditions (chilling) over a period of days or weeks. Thus, plants grown at 2 °C for 3 weeks showed some resistance to subsequent freezing temperatures as low as –10 °C. This frost tolerance was, however, rapidly lost if the plants were transferred to 12 °C. Amongst the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Water-repellent lichens have the solution... to the problem of SO2 pollution

Size does not always matter much

Reality of Rhinanthus parasitic potential is punishing for Phleum photosynthesis


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