Fix, Not Fight: Scientists Help Plants Regenerate After Injury (IMAGE)
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In response to environmental insults plants use their resources either for defense mechanisms or to repair the damage. By affecting glutamate receptor’s function using the neuronal antagonist CNQX, regeneration of damaged or lost organs is improved. In the image, a detached leaf from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana fails to generate a new root system (LEFT). But in presence of the chemical, numerous and longer roots emerge (RIGHT).
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Poliana Coqueiro
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