Plant Biology
Hormones and plant growth
New research discovers how plant hormones called brassinosteroids affect gene expression and plant growth
March 31, 2023
Building better base editors
VIB scientists develop ITER, a sensitive, versatile, and high-throughput method to test and quantify gene editing in plant cells
January 16, 2023
Just BREEDIT – bridging the gap between conventional breeding and molecular biology
Researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology developed a pipeline based on genome editing to accelerate gene discovery for breeding programs to improve agronomic traits in crops.
September 7, 2022
Staying alive – delaying floral aging improves seed set in maize
Researchers identified a mechanism to extend the fertile period of maize flowers, which could lead to increased yield in climate stress conditions.
May 24, 2022