(Fe)rrying plants to prevent chlorosis

Chlorosis in higher plants as related to organic acid content.

In recent years comparative studies have been made betwveen chlorotic plants and healthy plants to determine if any consistent distortion of the normal metabolic pattern occurs irrespective of the cause of chlorosis. Experiments by Iljin (6) indicated a greater amino acid and organic acid content in chlorotic leaves from grape plants grown on calcareous soil than in normal green leaves. DeKock ...

Circular No. 85 - Chlorosis Yellowing of Plants: Cause and Control

Tolerance to iron chlorosis in non-grafted quince seedlings and in pear grafted onto quince plants

Grafting is a technique that may affect plant tolerance to iron chlorosis in plants cultivated for their fruit. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the tolerance of non-grafted quince seedlings and pear grafted onto quince plants cultivated in pots with alkaline soil. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the University of Cordoba, Spain, in pots (3 L) filled with a...

Arabidopsis plants perform arithmetic division to prevent starvation at night

Photosynthetic starch reserves that accumulate in Arabidopsis leaves during the day decrease approximately linearly with time at night to support metabolism and growth. We find that the rate of decrease is adjusted to accommodate variation in the time of onset of darkness and starch content, such that reserves last almost precisely until dawn. Generation of these dynamics therefore requires an ...

Ferrying Wingless across the Synaptic Cleft

Secreted Wnt morphogens mediate cell-cell communication, but the mechanism of Wnt transfer between cells is unknown. Korkut et al. (2009) report that the transmembrane protein Evi is a versatile carrier that guides Wingless to presynaptic terminals of motor neurons and then escorts it across the synaptic cleft. In postsynaptic muscles, Evi promotes Frizzled-2 trafficking.