Plant Scientists Untangle the Molecular Mechanisms Connecting Plant Stress and Growth
Monday, April 10, 2017 - 12:51
in Biology & Nature
ISU researchers are piecing together the genetic mechanisms that link plant growth and stress response. In a new paper, the research group links autophagy, an important energy recycling function, with slower growth during stress conditions. Autophagy plays a key role in animals as well as plants.