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How Raindrops and Leaf Vibrations Spread Plant Spores

A team of researchers from Cornell University has discovered how raindrops and leaf vibrations can launch plant spores into the air, where they can infect healthy plants. The study, published in Science Advances, is the first to analyze spore dispersion at its source, using high-speed...

Plants depend on the CLASSY gene family to diversify their epigenomes

A team at Salk has shown that the CLASSY gene family decides which parts of the genome are turned off in a tissue-specific manner. The CLASSYs essentially control where the genome is marked by DNA methylation. The addition of methyl chemical groups to the...