How plants balance woody xylem and fleshy tissues: Thermospermine targets methylated ribosomes

Scientists have identified a crucial mechanism that allows plants to shape their vascular systems, determining whether they grow soft edible storage organs or develop the rigid woody tissue ...
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Ethnobiotechnology in the Caribbean: sowing the seeds of sustainable agriculture and medicinal plant research

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...