With one-third of our global food production dependent on pollinators, maintaining healthy pollinator communities is vital. Many pollinator species are currently declining worldwide, with the main cause linked to habitat loss. To combat this, researchers are turning to suburban landscapes for pollinator conservation. Incorporating native plants into suburban landscapes can benefit pollinators. However, there is limited information on how different …
Biology Department CalendarHairy roots are a syndrome of the plant pathogen Agrobacterium rhizogenes, which induces the aggressive growth of roots in the plants it infects. Hairy roots are shown to have increased secondary metabolites when compared to roots that are not transformed, especially when they are exposed to plant signaling hormones called elicitors. Two popular elicitors are Methyl Jasmonate (MeJA) and Salicylic …
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