Links

The Cool Down
Scientists make critical discovery after using medication to manipulate plant growth: ‘A winning solution for the environment and crop health’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/mebendazole-plants-deeper-roots-medicine-research/

CBS8 
How iron influences a plant’s immunity
https://www.cbs8.com/video/news/local/outreach/earth8/how-iron-influences-a-plants-immunity/

CBS8
New data could help understand plants’ resiliency against climate change
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/earth8/how-iron-influences-plants-immunity-resilience-climate-change/

Lab.com
Controlling root growth could help crops, combat climate change
https://www.labonline.com.au/content/research-development/article/controlling-root-growth-could-help-crops-combat-climate-change-412296005

Anthropocene Magazine
Engineering plants with deeper roots could be a huge climate boon. Scientists just made a big find
https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/02/engineering-plants-with-deeper-roots-could-be-a-huge-climate-boon-scientists-just-made-a-big-find/

Fox 5
Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch – The LOCAList SD at 10 am
https://fox5sandiego.com/thelocalistsd/salk-professor-wolfgang-busch/

Nutrition Insight
Plant molecule identified that boosts resistance to bacterial attacks, study flags
https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/plant-molecule-identified-that-boosts-resistance-to-bacterial-attacks-study-flags.html

The Guardian
Could superpowered plants be the heroes of the climate crisis?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/15/superpower-plants-absorb-carbon-co2-climate-crisis

KPBS
San Diego research plumbs the carbon scrubbing potential in plants
https://www.kpbs.org/news/science-technology/2023/10/02/san-diego-research-plumbs-the-carbon-scrubbing-potential-in-plants

San Diego Business Journal
Hess helps grow Salk’s Plants Initiative
https://www.sdbj.com/life-sciences/hess-helps-grow-salks-plants-initiative/