<h1 class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b>New research suggests - Ethanol plays
a vital role in increasing the sustainability of plants.</b></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Ethanol is an organic compound. It is
also called alcohol, ethyl alcohol, and grain alcohol. A new study shows that a
dose of Ethanol also known as common alcohol can help plants withstanding
the heat stress, which can destroy them. This could also offer for creating low-cost crops more resilient to the effects of climate change.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-10-03/cab7ba95-fbd1-4618-8fde-6de3542631bd.jpg" style="width: 286px; height: 228.677px;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Global warming is increasing day by day.
Along with affecting other environmental sources, it is also affecting
crops on a large scale as it increases crop losses due to the heat
effect. Thus it is very necessary to discover ways to protect the
sustainability of agriculture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">One such powerful technique is Genetic
engineering.<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> Genetic engineering is also called
genetic modification or genetic manipulation. It is&nbsp;</span><em><span style="font-style: normal;">the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes
using technology</span></em>.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img src="/media/django-summernote/2022-10-03/453040de-86b0-428c-8cab-96515ebccab4.jpg" style="width: 355.119px; height: 219.516px;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
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font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 18pt;">&nbsp;But the solutions we adopt are easier and more affordable to
implement. Motoaki Seki of the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
says “We need to develop novel, simple, and less expensive technologies because
genetically modified plants are not readily available in all countries".</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">So, pre-treating crops with safe chemical
compounds is a promising approach to withhold this issue. Scientists are
exploring this approach by exploring the ability of a variety of chemicals to increase
the tolerance among plants to handle environmental stresses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Now the researchers have found that simply
applying ethanol to plants before heat exposure can increase their tolerance
to heat. Researcher Seki says,” External application of ethanol could be a
simple, cheap and effective way to enhance heat tolerance in a variety of plants".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The team exposed lettuce and thale cress to a
low concentration of ethanol in their soil for several days. Then treated and
untreated plants were grown at temperatures high enough to prevail against heat stress. Of all the plants only 10% of the untreated plants survived, whereas the survival
count is 70% for the treated plants. This indicates the significant impact of
ethanol.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Through this study, the researchers also learned
clues about the molecular mechanisms behind the effect. The m<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">olecular mechanism is&nbsp;</span>explored by genetic and biochemical testing</span>.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The researchers also identified a set of
genes and biochemical processes which are activated due to the ethanol
treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">As a feature of response, this study shows the
increased production of a protein called Binding Protein-3. It is involved in
stress adaption in an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum. This type of
response is known as unfolded protein response, as it decreases the severity of
the effects of misfolding of proteins. D</span><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 24px;">ue to environmental stress, m</span><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 18pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">isfolded
proteins&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 18pt;">result when a
protein follows the wrong folding pathway or energy-minimizing funnel.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Researchers intend to gather further insights into the mechanism. Researcher Seki says, “</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Although we found the
unfolded-protein response&nbsp;is involved, we now need to undertake further
studies to reveal the undiscovered aspects of the ethanol-mediated network for&nbsp;environment-stress&nbsp;adaptation<span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Learning
more about the mechanism will help reveal more ways to enhance the
protective effect. This will perhaps fine-tune it for benefiting a wide range
of species.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>

























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