Leaf age determines the division of labor in plant stress responses

Monday, January 21, 2019 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

A new study from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research published in the journal PNAS shows that the crosstalk between plant responses to physical and biological stresses varies between young and old leaves to enable optimal plant performance when the two kinds of stress are encountered simultaneously.

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