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Céline Masclaux-Daubresse: How autophagy in plants helps them adapt to climate stress
… of the mechanism of autophagy (or self-digestion) in plant metabolism during the process of leaf senescence. Autophagy … while studying for her preparatory course for the Grandes Écoles. She explains why. “Plants as a field of study … out an orderly breakdown of leaf macromolecules which provides sugars, amino acids and certain minerals. They are then …Published on: