The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

The next wave of startups is growing “real” coffee and cocoa biomass from plant cell culture, an approach that has started to attract the attention of strategic investors from Mondelēz International ...

Units including - Population, pollution, human evolution, plant physiology and cell division should also ... life processes, reproduction, our environment, electricity, light, carbon compounds ...

Molecules released from pathogens are recognised by plant cell surface receptors, and trigger specific signalling cascades that help to defend the plant against attack. Plants deploy cell-surface ...

Microbial cell factories may help get to the root of understudied plant molecules. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 14, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250116161343.htm ...

Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the development and production of plant-based and cell-based alternatives to farmed meat. Although promoted for their capacity to avoid or ...

Plant Biology majors spend time in the lab and in the field ... barcoding medicinal plants in Pakistan, or unlocking the secrets of cell walls. They help set up community gardens and preserve old ...

Staining and immunodetection by light microscopy are methods widely used to investigate plant cell walls. The two techniques have been crucial to study the cell wall architecture in planta, its ...