When plants are flooded for a long time, they suffer damage. Würzburg researchers are investigating what happens in plant cells during flooding. (Image: Dorothea Graus / Universität Würzburg)
When plants are flooded for a long time, they suffer damage. Würzburg researchers are investigating what happens in plant cells during flooding. (Image: Dorothea Graus / Universität Würzburg) - If plants are flooded, they lack oxygen and their cells over-acidify. A sensor protein detects this and triggers a stress response. Researchers have now presented details about this topic in the journal Current Biology. Climate change is causing increased flooding and prolonged waterlogging in northern Europe, but also in many other parts of the world. This can damage meadow grasses, field crops or other plants - their leaves die, the roots rot.
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