High temperatures make cell membranes weak and leaky. Rice plants rapidly counteract this effect by adjusting membrane lipid content, enabling them to resist heatwaves.
01 July 2026
High temperatures make cell membranes weak and leaky. Rice plants rapidly counteract this effect by adjusting membrane lipid content, enabling them to resist heatwaves.
By
Patricia Scholz
Patricia Scholz is in the Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory (RDP), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), 69364 Lyon, France.
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