June 2, 2016

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Exploding myths about seed dispersal - Scientists discover how a common garden weed expels its seeds at record speeds

May 30, 2016

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Flowering at the right time: robust control of reproduction by age and environment 

May 9, 2016

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When foes become friends - A few modifications in the genome turn a fungal plant pathogen into a potentially beneficial organism
Wenn aus Feinden Freunde werden - Wenige Veränderungen im Erbgut machen aus einem pflanzenschädlichen Pilz einen potenziellen Nützling

March 18, 2016

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Plants take on fungal tenants on demand - Innate immune system of the thale cress plant ensures a good phosphate supply
Pflanzen halten sich Pilz-Untermieter nach Bedarf - Angeborenes Immunsystem sichert für Arabidopsis thaliana die Phosphat-Versorgung

January 21, 2016

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The art of being connected in the microbial world

December 18, 2015

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"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend”. Abraham Lincoln’s political wisdom can also be transferred to evolution as illustrated by many examples of mutually beneficial interactions or even symbioses between species that started out as deadly adversaries

December 3, 2015

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Toolkit for microbiota research - Researchers cultivate the majority of bacteria in the laboratory that colonize Arabidopsis plants in nature
Werkzeugkasten für die Mikrobiom-Forschung - Forscher kultivieren Großteil der auf Arabidopsis vorkommenden Bakterien

June 22, 2015

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Dr. Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, a retired geneticist from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, on the Law of Recurrent Variation (Evolution News)

February 28, 2015

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New light shed on the microbial battleground between soil and roots

February 15, 2014

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Census in the plant root - Bacterial communities that colonise plant roots reflect the plant’s species affiliation and location preferences

November 22, 2012

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research awarded grant to study the structure, function and evolution of plant root-inhabiting bacterial communities

May 31, 2012

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Forscherteam sequenziert das Tomatengenom

January 25, 2011

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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research research offers insights into the rich range of proteins that are used by seed plants to develop stamens and form flower pollen (Physorg)

December 9, 2010

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Mehltau in der Sackgasse - Der Pflanzenschädling besitzt nur noch die Gene, die für sein Parasitendasein nötig sind
Powdery mildew at an evolutionary dead end - The fungal pathogen has only those genes left that are necessary for its parasitical existence 

November 24, 2010

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Mehltau-resistent und unfruchtbar - Echter Mehltau nutzt zwei Pflanzenproteine zur Infektion, die auch für die Befruchtung wichtig sind
Mildew-resistant and infertile - Two proteins involved in powdery mildew infection in plants also play an important role in fertilisation

November 18, 2010

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Hybrid plants with over-reactive immune system
Hybrid-Pflanzen mit überschießendem Immunsystem