Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

A weird-looking parasitic plant has discarded all its photosynthesis machinery – and nevertheless has found a way to thrive.

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants: Various processes are occurring inside the living organism. Each of these processes has its essentiality and is thus important for the survival of the organisms. One ...

For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been viewed as a scientific holy grail. Yet photosynthesis does not operate in isolation: it is tightly interwoven with environmental factors—light, ...

“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

Scientists have uncovered over 200 new giant viruses lurking in ocean waters that not only help shape marine ecosystems but also manipulate photosynthesis in algae. These massive viruses once nearly ...

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants MCQs: Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) play a pivotal role in CBSE exams. They assess a student's comprehensive understanding, covering various topics efficiently. MCQs ...

All life depends on the flow of energy, which gets passed from one life-form to another. And there is one creature that embodies more than most just how that happens. This is the Golden Jellyfish. A ...

This image shows a comparison between the synthetic biology–engineered plant (right) and the wild-type plant. Dr. Liao’s team has developed a novel “McG plant” with a mechanism that recycles the ...

DR CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN:We need energy every minute of every day to stay alive, not just when we're exercising. Now, we all know that our energy comes from our food and our drink but how does it get ...

Humans can do lots of things that plants can't do. But plants have one major advantage over humans: They can make energy directly from the sun. That process of turning sunlight directly into usable ...