BIOSYNTHESIS REGULATION

Jul 02 2025SCIENCE

Boosting Medicinal Power in Fritillaria thunbergii: The Shade and Potassium Trick

Fritillaria thunbergii, a plant packed with useful compounds, is often grown for its medicinal bulbs. But growing too many plants just for profit has led to a drop in quality. So, scientists decided to test how shade and potassium affect the bulbs' growth and the useful stuff inside them. They found that giving the plants shade boosted the good compounds by about 20...

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