Time to Think about Abiotic Stress
Consider a career as a plant scientist: Nighttime temperatures are one aspect of climat change- we need great minds in plant science to address the effects of warm nighttime temperatures and other issues in our crops
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210629134322.htm Rising nighttime temperatures are curbing crop yields for rice, and new research moves us closer to understanding why. The study found that warmer nights alter the rice plant’s biological schedule, with hundreds of genes being expressed earlier than usual, Read More …
Congratulations to Jigar for getting the Warm Nighttime Rice Panicle paper published. Nice to have that done! Now for the metabolite work! https://www.pnas.org/content/118/25/e2025899118
Congratulations to Zach a member of our “Plants in Space Team” for getting an internship at the Mars Desert Research Station. During this internship, he will work to develop a production-level greenhouse. Good luck! We can’t wait to hear how Read More …