Plants evolve ways to control embryo growth

In this article, plants have evolved ways to control embryo growth and development by emitting information from surrounding cells. Female sex cells and placenta like endosperm contained within plant seeds send out specific signals to developing embrtos to help with there growth. This new information changes changes are understanding of plant development whci could allow for better breeding of plant types. Because of the changes in the environment as well as our climate, there is always need for more plants in the aid of oxygen as well as many other areas. Plantembryos are found within seeds and once germinated, they give rise to an adult plant. Before the discovery, the ability of non emryonic plant cells to direct embryo groth was unrecognized, but now they have valuble information that neighoring cells can directly act with and influence embryo cells. The next step is to indentify the embryonic factors that respond to thses non embryonic signals and understrand there mode of action.

http://phys.org/news/2014-04-free-seed-ossi-nurtures-patent.html