Malingaliro a nthawi yayitali okhudza momwe zomera zimadalira mafunde a calcium kuti ayankhe mwadongosolo kuvulala ndi zovuta zina zapatsidwa malingaliro atsopano. Tsamba la Phys.org.
Ofufuza a John Innes Center awonetsa kuti mafunde a calcium siwoyamba, koma kuyankha kwachiwiri ku ma amino acid omwe amatulutsidwa pabala.
Mafunde a kashiamuwa amafanana ndi zizindikiro zomwe zimawonedwa m'mitsempha ya mammalian, koma momwe izi zimachitikira sizinaphunzirepo.
Zotsatira zatsopano zomwe zasindikizidwa mu Kusintha kwa Sayansi, amasonyeza kuti selo likavulala, limatulutsa mafunde glutamate. Mafunde amenewa akamadutsa m’minyewa ya zomera, amatsegula njira za kashiamu m’maselo amene amadutsamo. Kutsegula uku kumawoneka ngati mafunde a calcium, koma ndikuyankha mosasamala kapena "kuwerenga" kwa siginecha yosuntha ya glutamate.
Gulu la Dr. Faulkner limaphunzira kwambiri za plasmodesmata, njira zomwe zimagwirizanitsa maselo. Asayansi akuganiza kuti chizindikiro chochokera pachilondacho chikafatsidwa kuchokera ku selo kupita ku selo kudzera mu plasmodesmata. Komabe, pogwiritsa ntchito njira zowerengera zowerengera, ma data modelling ndi ma genetics, adapeza kuti foni yam'manja ndi mafunde a glutamate omwe amafalikira kunja kwa maselo, pamakoma a cell.
Mafunde a calcium amafanana ndi mafunde a glutamate, ndipo mphamvu zawo zimayenderana ndi kufalikira ndi kufalikira.