How an herbivore hijacks a nutrient uptake strategy of its host plant

Life Sciences - Aug 16
Life Sciences
The struggle for iron determines the fate of maize and insect pest: Maize plants release secondary metabolites into the soil that bind to iron and thereby facilitate its uptake by the plant. The Western corn rootworm, the economically most important maize pest worldwide, is attracted by these complexes, extracts the bound iron from the maize plant and uses it for its own nutrition.
Environment - Aug 16

India’s excess fluoride in groundwater

Environment

Fluoride occurs naturally in groundwater. In small amounts, this is usually not a problem, but in India the concentration in many places exceeds the threshold at which is starts to present a health hazard.

Life Sciences - Aug 16

The Wheat Genome Is Five Times Bigger than the Human Genome

Life Sciences

Scientists have been able to sequence the complete genome of common wheat for the first time. The information will enable more effective measures to be taken to combat pests and climate stress in wheat.

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