New research has found when plant leaves physically touch each other, they seem to form a biological signalling network to warn each other about the upcoming stress. This can boost their resilience to ...

Imagine that plants could tell us exactly when they're stressed, infected, or being eaten by insects, by lighting up. A new ...

A UCR researcher worked years into retirement to uncover the biology behind plants' response to environmental stress. Her ...

The Penn Biology Department recently launched the Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center to research methods of enhancing plant performance in the face of climate change. Led by DiMaura Professor of ...

Nicotiana benthamiana plants in a lab at UC Davis. Plants form new branches when a hormone called strigolactone breaks down. UC Davis plant biologists have now defined the enzymes that break down ...

Scientists recorded 24 hours of the cellular construction process, revealing surprising new details about how plant cell ...

Phytoplasmas are wall‐less, obligate intracellular bacteria that inhabit the phloem of diverse plant species. Transmitted by insect vectors, these pathogens induce a range of abnormal growth symptoms ...

Scientists have discovered that a crucial protein found in plants, called auxin response factor (ARF) first arose about 600 million years ago, which was long before there were any plants around. This ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a plant reproduction biologist at UC Davis, has been awarded a 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his groundbreaking work on plant reproduction, which led to a method for ...

One strange marsh plant can keep itself near room temperature even in freezing weather. Here’s the biology behind its ...

For years, we’ve admired plants for their ability to cleanse the air and help fight air pollution. However, our green ally might be contributing to air pollution in an unexpected way. While they may ...

The Missouri Southern State University Biology Department celebrated the opening of the Sam Gibson Memorial Herbarium, a permanent home for a research collection of local plants dating back to the ...