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Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor (OA)
https://botany.fyi/54tloa

Gómez De La Cruz et al report that a plant NLR has evolved the capacity to bind to a pathogen effector by acting as a molecular mimic of a virulence target of the effector, thereby triggering an immune response.
#Botany #PlantScience


Wild orangutan treats wound w. pain-relieving plant
Observed applying plant w. known medicinal properties to wound, a first for a wild animal
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/05/240502113715.htm

Active self-treatment of a facial wound w. biologically active plant by male Sumatran orangutan
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58988-7

Orangutan observed treating wound using medicinal plant in world first
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/orangutan-observed-treating-wound-using-medicinal-plant-in-world-first-1.6870817

Orangutan plays doctor, heals himself
https://www.science.org/content/article/orangutan-plays-doctor-heals-himself

#primates #MedicinalPlants #injury #orangutan #botany


Journal of Systematics and Evolution is on Mastodon (as I just discovered). If you're a plant scientist or just interested in #Botany and #Evolution, give it a follow!
@JSE

Boost to relieve those who live in #Planticipation!
@plantscience


One of the things I was able to do on the birdsite that there just isn't much opportunity to here is find out "current events" in carob by doing a search every week or so.

If you ever see a carob toot, please forward it to me, especially if it's not a tired carob hippie joke, but actual research or market or real life info re Ceratonia siliqua/#Carob

Please boost to get my request out there. Thanks so much! @plantscience
#Food #PlantScience #Botany


Scales on the abaxial frond surface of a herbarium specimen of Asplenium ceterach. This small fern lives on rocks and in the mortar lines of brick walls in Eurasia. The scales presumably prompted the common name 'rustyback' and help with what is unusual drought tolerance for a #fern. #microscopy #photography #botany


Fascinating!
"there's endemic Mexican maize that has aerial roots that use bacterial colonies to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere."
https://plantae.org/nitrogen-fixing-corn-slime-a-mexican-maize-landrace-supports-nitrogen-fixing-microbiota-in-aerial-root-mucilage/
#Botany #Biology
Via the Planthropology podcast on the Birdsite. @Planthropology_

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