Author: Julia Paezold

Prof. Dr. Maryam Nasr Esfahani Prof. Dr. Maryam Nasr Esfahani (Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran) is at the Chair of Biochemistry with the Humboldt Research Fellowship program for experienced researchers. Mrs. Prof. Dr. Maryam Nasr Esfahani studied plant sciences at the Universities of Goles...

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After a one-year delay due to the pandemic, the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences was able to take place in Bonn in August of this year. Here, all the latest findings from plant science are presented, which were under the motto "Plant science for a sustainable future"...

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The Cassava Source-Sink consortium was able to hold its first in persona meeting in Bonn Bad-Godesberg since the start of the pandemic. International experts in plant biotechnology, plant metabolism, plant development and phenotyping gathered near the beautiful Rhine River to exchange new results fr...

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In 1866, Gregor Mendel identified, when performing his famous experiments with peas, that some traits always show correlations with other traits e.g. plants with colored seed coats always exhibited colored flowers and leaf axils. This observation led to the discovery of a phenomenon known as pleiotr...

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Under natural conditions, photosynthesis has to be adapted to fluctuating light intensities. Leaves exposed to strong light shed excess light energy in the form of heat at Photosystem II (PSII) through a process called non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). During the rapid transition from light to shad...

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The countdown is on, only two weeks left until the sixth international Plant Vascular Biology Conference in Berlin. The conference with about 150 participants is organized by the Biochemistry Chair together with the Universities of Würzburg and Hamburg and the MPI_MPP in Golm. A  great program an...

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CASS launches fourth confined cassava field trial Article by Dr. Wolfgang Zierer, CASS scientific coordinator The Cassava Source Sink project has successfully planted its fourth cassava field trial in Taichung, Taiwan in March 2022, despite the difficult global situation. In an internationa...

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