Umeå Plant Science Centre
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News & Events
News
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Breeding 360: Cross-disciplinary collaboration in focus
On May 6–7, the SLU Breeding Network held its meeting titled Breeding 360: Collaboration across disciplines at Campus Ultuna. -
Small but mighty – nitrogen fertilisation affects (some) microbial communities in boreal forests
Microbes like bacteria and fungi are all around us, yet we rarely notice them. Tinkara Bizjak-Johansson studied microbial communities in boreal forests and showed that fertilisation shifts fungal community composition in the soil but does not affect nitrogen-fixing bacteria in conifer needles. -
Curiosity and the ongoing sense of discovery drive their motivation
The decision has not yet been made, but the final requirement has been fulfilled: Peter Kindgren and Peter Marhavý, have delivered their docent lectures this week. The appointment as a docent is the next step in an academic career following the PhD. -
New genetic insights on seasonal growth in aspen
Deciduous trees have to adjust their growth and development to the respective season, but how is this regulated? PhD student Alice Marcon set out to investigate this and characterised the function of two flowering genes that regulate not only flowering but also seasonal growth in poplar. -
A new link between cell walls and hormones controls differential growth in plants
Plant cell walls give stability to the plant, but they are not just rigid structures. The wall components dynamically interact with each other to influence growth and development. An international research team uncovered a new regulatory link between the plant cell wall and plant hormones.