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Boechera, Why are you so Cool?

Kipling once said: "Only mad-dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun". To this list we can also add plants they are out in the noon day sun because they are not able to move to the shade when things get hot. Plants... click to read more

Elizabeth Waters | Professor at San Diego State University, Campanile Drive San Diego, CA, USA

environment

adaptation

sun heat

rockcress

Boechera depauperata

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Nov 21, 2017

One root for every soil: a double-personality tale

In biology, life success is based on the ability to have offspring. For that, before reproduction, organisms must deal with different and sometimes unfriendly situations. The capacity to overcome environmental challenges increases the possibility to have descendants, and will determine then that organism's life success. A... click to read more

Laura Lorenzo | PhD student at Department of Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, Switzerland

environment

roots

Arabidopsis thaliana

adaptation

drought

Reading time 3 min

published on Sep 12, 2017