Research
Plants feel the heat: How a protein 'thermometer' helps plants adapt to climate
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- Plants continuously adapt to environmental changes, and temperature is a key signal for their growth and flowering.
- The molecular workings of plant thermosensors, or 'thermometers', are not well understood, according to the source.
- The article reports on a protein 'thermometer' that helps plants adapt to climate.
Why it matters
Knowing how plants sense temperature at the molecular level can inform how crops and wild plants may respond to climate change.
Who’s affected
- plant biologists
- researchers studying climate adaptation
- #plant biology
- #thermosensing
- #climate adaptation
- #protein
- #molecular biology
Plants continuously adapt to environmental changes, and temperature is a key signal for growth and flowering. How plant thermometers, or "thermosensors," work at the molecular level is not well understood.