Thursday, 07-05-2026 | 08:33
Calcium (Ca2+) signaling is integral to nearly all aspects of plant biology, including development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. It operates through two main layers: the generation of Ca2+ signals and their decoding by Ca2+-binding proteins, which act early in diverse signaling pathways. The system exhibits remarkable robustness and versatility, largely due to its network-like organization. While fundamental principles of Ca2+ signaling were initially established in noncrop model organisms
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Thursday, 07-05-2026 | 01:27
When plants face harsh conditions, such as extreme cold or high salt levels, they do not just stop growing by accident; their bodies actively manage the crisis at the microscopic level. Once the "stress" ends, plants try to bounce back and return to normal growth, but the specific biological switches that manage this recovery process have long been a mystery to scientists.
Thursday, 07-05-2026 | 01:33
Calcium (Ca2+) signaling is integral to nearly all aspects of plant biology, including development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses. It operates through two main layers: the generation of Ca2+ signals and their decoding by Ca2+-binding proteins, which act early in diverse signaling pathways. The system exhibits remarkable robustness and versatility, largely due to its network-like organization. While fundamental principles of Ca2+ signaling were initially established in noncrop model organisms
Thursday, 07-05-2026 | 01:28
An international team of researchers, led by Murdoch University, has successfully sequenced the first complete, gap-free genomes of six peanut varieties, providing a definitive blueprint for agricultural improvement. Published in Nature Genetics, this telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly identifies two critical genes, AhWRI1, which can increase seed oil content from 48% to 54%, and AhGSA1, which is linked to a 70% increase in seed weight.




















