Uncertainty exists among scientists worldwide about why plants’ defenses against pathogens fade away under rising temperatures. However, the cure may lie in.
Scientists claim to have discovered a specific protein in plant cells that explains why immunity deteriorates as the temperature rises. They've also discovered a way to reverse the loss and strengthen plant defences against heat.
DURHAM, N.C. When heat waves hit, they don’t just take a toll on people the plants we depend on for food suffer too. That’s because when temperatures get too high, certain plant defenses don’t