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

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

For nearly four decades, the stray dogs of Chernobyl have lived and bred in one of the most contaminated landscapes on Earth, ...

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 Research Award for his lifetime's work on plant hormone signaling.

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

A research team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive the accumulation of glucosinolates (GSLs) in ...

Michigan grower and MBG member Katelyn Craig likes to introduce her U-pick customers to new blueberries. When they come seeking Jersey or another old variety they picked when they were kids, she ...

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

For 40 years, Baltimore County grower Doug Radebaugh has cultivated poinsettias that brighten homes nationwide, blending horticulture, tradition and a lifelong passion for plants.

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 ...

Plants form a critical model for understanding regulated cell death (RCD) as part of their sophisticated immune responses. In the ongoing evolutionary arms ...