Petunia points the way to better harvests: Understanding plants' relationships with helpful soil fungi
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
Most plants live in symbiosis with soil fungi and are supplied with water and nutrients as a result. Based on the petunia, plant biologists have now discovered that a special transport protein is required to establish this symbiotic relationship. The targeted control of this protein could lead to greater harvests.