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Scientists at the University of California Riverside (UC Riverside) have successfully decoded previously unknown signals that plants send to themselves to initiate photosynthesis. Led by UCR botany professor Meng Chen, the research team found four proteins containing building blocks that trigger photosynthesis.

Scientists have been perplexed by the signals plants transmit to start photosynthesis, the process of converting sunlight into sugars, for decades

[For decades, scientists have been stumped by the signals plants send themselves to initiate photosynthesis, the process of turning sunlight into sugars. UC Riverside researchers have now decoded those previously opaque signals.]

The signals that plants send to begin photosynthesis, the process of converting sunlight into sugars, have baffled scientists for decades

Putin — and greedy CEOs — are already putting 20 million people on the brink of starvation. If we don’t make big changes now, we will face a global food crisis.

The three highest-priced home sales in Great Neck last month ranged from $2.35 million to $2.925 million.

[UC Riverside scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth - even in the dark. The discovery could help increase food supply for an expanding population with shrinking opportunities for farming.]

By Mike Cummings November 2, 2020 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Filikomys primaevus’ powerful shoulders and elbows suggest it was a burrowing mammal. Art by Misaki Ouchida. The fossil remains of several small mammals discovered in tightly packed clusters in western Montana provide the earliest evidence of social behavior in mammals, according to a new study co-authored by a Yale scientist.  The fossils, which are about ...

Ole Miss News UM researcher explores effects of climate change on plant growth Yongjian Qiu, a UM assistant professor of biology, is studying a plant gene that could help solve a problem caused by warming global temperatures. Qiu’s work in this field is the subject of a new Nature Communications paper. Submitted photo OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi biology professor’s research that examines challenges facing crop productivity caused by global climate change is attracting atte...

Discovery of Heat-Sensing Gene in Plants Could Help Tune Their Temperature Response Written by AZoCleantechApr 7 2021 Global warming can decrease crop yields by one-third by 2050. Scientists from the University of California, Riverside have discovered a gene that could reverse this effect. Drastic differences in mutant Arabidopsis seedlings grown at warm temperatures. Image Credit: Meng Chen/UCR. The plants get an indication from warmer temperatures that summer is about to begin. They expect le...