How Plants Become Bushy, or Not

Andy Fell — August 06, 2024 - 3:50pm

For many plants, more branches means more fruit. But what causes a plant to grow branches? New research from the University of California, Davis shows how plants break down the hormone strigolactone, which suppresses branching, to become more “bushy.” Understanding how strigolactone is regulated could have big implications for many crop plants.

The study was published August 1 in Nature Communications.

Unlocked Enzyme Structure Shows How Strigolactone Hormone Controls Plant Growth

Andy Fell — April 28, 2022 - 10:26am

As sessile organisms, plants have to continually adapt their growth and architecture to the ever-changing environment. To do so, plants have evolved distinct molecular mechanisms to sense and respond to the environment and integrate the signals from outside with endogenous developmental programs.

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How Plants Become Bushy, or Not

Unlocked Enzyme Structure Shows How Strigolactone Hormone Controls Plant Growth