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Department of Plant Sciences Research Day 2013 brought thought provoking and enjoyable presentations by the heads of groups, ranging from computer modelling to ecology. The 2nd and 3rd year graduate students were asked to present posters on their research which they were able to discuss during the breaks and later, at the...

Plant-infecting viruses cause severe crop losses. Most of these viruses are carried between plants by insects- especially by aphids. The Virology group at the Department of Plant Sciences found that an important crop-infecting virus, cucumber mosaic virus, changes the way that Arabidopsis thaliana plants taste to aphids by...

David Coomes' group have contributed to a paper published in PNAS ( doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311190110 PNAS October 28, 2013) showing that the microclimate in dense forests can buffer the effects of climate warming on understorey plants. Buffering effects The cool microclimate in dense forests has buffered the effects of climate...

A unique plant that lives underground uses multiple mechanisms to boost photosynthesis and offers new insights into how plants adapt to extreme conditions, according to new research published Oct 23 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, by Katie Field, Rachel George at the University of Sheffield and Matthew Davey at the...