Who killed the PLANT? A murder mystery
It all started with a seed being planted... Do you want to learn about “plants with benefits, their development, and the precarious situations they encounter? How is it that some plants survive while others get murdered? Come and help us find the smooth criminal(s) of our plant murder mystery!
Dr. Rumyana Karlova
Assistant Professor
Stress resilience in crops
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Wageningen University
Eva van Zelm
PhD candidate
Roots in Salt
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Wageningen University
Patricija Gran
PhD candidate
Wageningen Seed Science Centre
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Wageningen University
Dr. Parvinderdeep S. Kahlon
Postdoctoral Scientist
Stress resilience in crops
Laboratory of Plant Physiology
Wageningen University
Plants start their journey the moment their seeds are sown in the soil. During their lifetime, they face multiple challenges, which are often life-threatening ones.
In order to survive, plants must therefore fight these challenges, in a sophisticated manner. Sometimes, the plants win, but sometimes, the challengers win and the plants are murdered. Nowadays, in the context of climate change, some challengers become stronger and make it tougher for the plants to win: for instance, temperature rises, drought periods become longer, and soil salinization increases. How do plants deal with it? How can they keep winning – and surviving? Find out the answer in our event, and try to solve the mystery of a fellow plant who was brutally murdered while fighting these challengers.
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