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homepage!
Why do plants look the ways they do? How do plants and animals communicate
with eath other, even though they can't talk?
Join us exploring this fascinating world of plant biology!
News
2023.05.09: Manuscript "A mechanical theory of competition between plant root growth and soil pressure
reveals a potential mechanism of root penetration" by Yuki Yoshida is published in Scientific Reports.
2023.05.01: Technical staff Haruka Nagamoto is joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!
2023.04.26: Manuscript "Root-knot nematode modulates plant CLE3-CLV1
signaling as a long-distance signal for successful infection" by Satoru Nakagami has been accepted by Science Advance.
2023.04.14: Manuscript "PECT1, a rate-limiting enzyme in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis,
is involved in the regulation of stomatal movement in Arabidopsis" in collabortion with Prof. Juntaro Negi (Kyushu University) is published
in Plant Journal.
Photo credits: Reira Suzuki, Allen Yi-Lun Tsai
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