exploring the inner workings of plants
Posted in Phytoremediation on Jun 14th, 2010
Sadly, A Timely Topic You’ve likely heard about microbes with the ability to “eat” crude oil (a.k.a., petroleum). That is, some bacteria have the ability to metabolize most of the the organic compounds present in petroleum. (For excellent scientific coverage of the oil spill see “The Science of the Oil Spill”.) Interestingly, most of the [...]
Posted in Plant Stress, Secondary Compounds on Sep 19th, 2008
What do wintergreen lifesavers have to do with stressed plants? And what is a “stressed” plant, anyway? A plant that’s “stressed” has usually been injured by the physical (cold, heat, drought) or biological (insects, disease-causing microbes) environment. Such stress often causes the plant to produce an array of defensive compounds. Some of these compounds may [...]
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