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Two scientists in lab coats analyzing plant samples in a greenhouse filled with yellow flowers.

Friendly fungi hijack plant regulator to promote symbiosis

March 11, 2026

Study uncovers mechanism that helps fungi to colonize plant roots more

Flowers of tobacco plants. A tobacco plant that harbors defective mitochondria has wrinkled and male-sterile flowers (left). These defects can be rescued in the offspring by inheritance of healthy paternal mitochondria, resulting in restoration of flower beauty and fertility (right).

Paternal Mitochondria Rescuing Plant Fertility

March 03, 2026

New Study Reshapes Understanding of Mitochondrial Inheritance more

Scientist Dr. Jiali Zhu is studying plants of the species Capsella rubella. She is working in a laboratory environment.

Mothers send “text messages” to pollen

January 28, 2026

RNA from maternal plant tissue ensures seed development more

Clarivate - Highly Cited Researchers 2025

Top Research from Potsdam

November 26, 2025

Four Researchers from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Among World’s Most Cited. more

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