February 1, 2021

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Research catches up to world’s fastest-growing plant - Salk researchers discover that miniature aquatic plant provides insight into genome design principles that could enable development of next-generation crops

August 29, 2019

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Getting to the root of how plants tolerate too much iron - Salk AInstitute scientists uncover a gene responsible for helping plants thrive in stressful environments

July 11, 2019

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Gene identified that will help develop plants to fight climate change - Salk Institute team’s finding will advance initiative to reduce atmospheric carbon through plants

January 18, 2019

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New technologies enable better-than-ever details on genetically modified plants - Salk Institute researchers used the latest DNA sequencing technologies to study exactly what happens at a molecular level when they insert new genes into plants

January 8, 2018

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Self-defense for plants - Salk Institute scientists characterize unusual plant immune response to bacterial infection

June 1, 2017

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A better dye job for roots -- in plants - Researchers discover chemical dye that reveals how a critical plant hormone helps root growth

Helping plants pump iron - Salk researchers identify genetic variants that help plants grow in low-iron environments, which could improve crop yields

May 24, 2017

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Helping plants pump iron - Salk Institute researchers identify genetic variants that help plants grow in low-iron environments, which could improve crop yields

November 8, 2016

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Molecular conductors help plants respond to drought - Salk scientists find key players in complex plant response to stress, offering clues to coping with drier conditions

May 25, 2016

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Salk Institute researchers chart landscape of genetic and epigenetic regulation in plants - New findings yield insights into how plants get their traits

January 19, 2016

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Grafted plants’ genomes can communicate with each other - Salk Institute and Cambridge University scientists find tiny molecules drive gene silencing across grafted shoots

October 28, 2015

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Cellular damage control system helps plants tough it out - Salk Institute scientists uncover how plants thrive using a natural mechanism to recycle chloroplasts

August 7, 2012

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Planting the seeds of defense - Salk Institute study finds stress triggers widespread epigenetic changes that aid in disease resistance