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Plants That Heat Themselves

plantguy January 16, 2010 November 11, 2017Flowering, Plant Metabolism Biology, botany, Nature, plants, science 0

“Hot Plants?” In the previous post, the topic was how plants survive the cold. Although some perennial plants can withstand winter temperatures well below zero (F), plants certainly don’t generate body heat like mammals do in order to warm themselves. Or do they? There are a few plants in nature,…

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The Ripe Stuff – Part 3: How Plants Respond to Ethylene

plantguy December 16, 2009 December 16, 2009Plant Hormones Biology, botany, Nature, plants, science 0

Sniffing Out Ethylene In the previous post I summarized the latest information on how the plant hormone ethylene is made (at least in the model plant Arabidopsis). Though most people are familiar with the plant hormone ethylene mainly because of its effects on fruit ripening, the list of plant responses…

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