Plants survive drought by sensing the hormone abscisic acid (ABA), but how receptor structure converts hormone levels into precise stress responses has remained unclear. Here, we uncover a minimal ...

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Indian socioeconomic statistics remain far behind that of most Americans. Most impoverished tribes have significant natural resource endowments, however, the federal government stands in the way by ...

Department of Materials, School of Natural Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M1 3BB, United Kingdom Henry Royce Institute, University of Manchester, Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, ...

Tartaric acid (TA) is an obscure end point to the catabolism of ascorbic acid (Asc). Here, it is proposed as a “specialized primary metabolite”, originating from carbohydrate metabolism but with ...

The plant cuticle is an extracellular layer that covers all primary aerial organs of land plants. It is mainly composed of a polymer cutin and associated cuticular waxes. As the interface between the ...

Drought and salinity are the major threats to crop productivity at a worldwide scale. A fundamental portion of the plant response to these environmental stresses occurs at the cell membrane, where the ...

Applied behavior analysis, widely used in the US, aims to boost communication and social skills but some critics say it ‘denies kids the right to be who they are’ Jack, a nine-year old boy in a bright ...

The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) functions through a family of fourteen PYR/PYL receptors, which were identified by resistance to pyrabactin, a synthetic inhibitor of seed germination. ABA ...