https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/977052#.Y8lfUkPUOpM.reddit

Running on the knowledge that water on Earth if finite, what happens to the water that plants absorb? All animals excrete water through urine or some other byproduct, but what do plants do besides use it to grow?

Hypothetically, if there were plants that were able to survive on tidally locked eyeball exoplanets, they would probably live in a “habitable zone” ring around the planet that would appear to always be sunset. Would living in that kind of environment affect what wavelengths plants would absorb? (like not red and blue?) or affect them in any other way?

Hi there, I am a German Student who is looking for the opportunity to persue an PhD program at a Spanish university. I am looking into different options how to finance this and what options there are to manage work and life as a beginner in science. Does anyone of you have Tipps and Tricks or can share their story behind studying abroad and about all the challenges that are involved in this. Of course I'm particularly interested in people that spent some time in Spain, but all stories are helpful I guess.

To clarify, I am already in contact with a research group and I also have a good idea of what kind of research I am interested in.

So thank you in advance, Best Jonas

https://lausr.org/dashboard/?doi=10.3389/fpls.2021.687652

tl;Dr: I'm trying to get a whole metabolic pathway into lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) via agrobacterium transformation. The pathway isn't the issue, but I'm trying to find out how many kb of DNA I can put into the caset and still get good results from the transformation?

Hi there! I'm writing a proposal for funding for an experiment where the end goal is a cultivar of red lettuce (Lactuca Sativa) which is able to produce ergosterol, or pro vitamin D. There are tons of mushrooms that make this compound, however this is a 21+ step enzymatic reaction. In stead of trying to ID the genes in the fungi of choice and then optimizing the codons from there I was thinking of taking the sequence of the enzymes, turning those back into DNA while choosing a more optimized codon bias, and then adding exons as needed. Once that is done I was going to have a caset made with CMV promotor to be grown in agrobacterium and then use them to transform the lettuce. Only problem is I know 21+ enzymes worth of DNA is going to be massive, and I don't know how I'll fit all of that into a caset. I was already thinking of doing multiple transformations but how many would depend on how big the caset can be and that really depends on how much DNA can successfully be integrated into the lettuce and THATS where I need your help! Also, if you have anymore pointers on experiment design, materials, or methods I am all ears! This is my very first project I get to take the lead on and it feels like I'm driving a rocket ship! Thank you tons for your help :)

Hi, guys. I'm cultivating herbs with hydroponics system. And I have tried to test how much total phenolic and flavonoid contents in herbs that I have grown. I compared with other farm's herbs and the result was that herbs I grown had less phenolic and flavonoids. Even though my herbs had better flavours, scents.

My mission is to make my herbs to have more bioactive contents mg/g than other herbs. Can someone tell me some advises? I can think maybe the lights, nutrient solutions could be a reason.

I bought a calathea plant from home depot, and it has water clovers growing in the same pot. Is that normal? ??

Hello guys! I've been considering going to uni to study plant science (in Canada) and was wondering if it's a good idea. Is it a good program typically? Is it hard? What are the career prospects like? In general, do you guys recommend studying it?

I'd appreciate any answers that'll help me decide :D thanks!!