Heat Shock Proteins and their impact on plants

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I watched an interview where the point was made that under heat stress plants make different proteins and in so doing lose immunity to disease and crop yields are lowered. I wanted to know more, the name of the protein and what if anything I could learn about the familial chemistry that must be going on around such changes as I see in my tomatoes and other veggies during our hot summers. I found this article so I at least now have a name. Lots more reading to do as it seems a lot of interesting work is being done in this area to improve heat resistance in food crops.

Can This Plant Protein Produce Heat-Resistant Crops? Using new imaging hardware, Wilson Lau finds how plants withstand heat

{title} {shortdesp} [Published Date] Armed with a new method of examining the molecules that make up plants, it may soon be possible to design crops that withstand higher temperatures. That would enhance food security in a warming world. CUHK structural biologist Prof. Wilson Lau...

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