Biswabrata GoswamKrishnagar, March 8 -- A team of scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata has uncovered a crucial molecular switch that allows plants to sense and adapt to rising temperatures, offering new possibilities for developing climate-resilient crops at a time when global warming is placing unprecedented stress on agriculture.
The study, carried out in collaboration with researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, identifies a group of proteins known as LIGHT-RESPONSE BRIC-A-BRACK/TRAMTRACK/BROAD (LRB) E3-ubiquitin ligases as key regulators of thermomorphogenesis-the growth process through which plants elongate their stems ...