Plants grow best when genetics inside cells cooperate, while mismatched genetics reduce photosynthesis and climate resilience ...

A plant's success may depend on how well the three sets of genetic instructions it carries in its cells cooperate, according ...

New research shows potatoes evolved from tomatoes through ancient plant mixing that created underground tubers.

In November, the dean of the College of Life Sciences at Shandong Agricultural University was honored with the Humboldt ...

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

Andrea Eveland, Ph.D., principal investigator and member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, will lead a ...

Salinity and drought represent two of the most critical abiotic constraints limiting global crop productivity and threatening food security amid escalating ...

From morning glories spiraling up fence posts to grape vines corkscrewing through arbors, twisted growth is a problem-solving ...

Jalapeños can run the heat gamut anywhere from somewhat spicy to a killer kick, and there's a few reasons why their variety ...

A research team shows that phenomic prediction, which integrates full multispectral and thermal information rather than ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

Rice farmers improve milling quality through strategic hybrid planting sequences and proper drain timing to manage harvest ...