UC Riverside researchers have identified a mechanism that allows plants to rapidly slow growth in response to extreme ...

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

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 ...

The Missouri Southern State University Biology Department celebrated the opening of the Sam Gibson Memorial Herbarium, a ...

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

Gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful tool in medical sciences but it does not work well for plants, limiting the ability to use it to create new varieties. Researchers at UC Davis and the ...

The MSU Plant Biology Teaching Conservatory and Greenhouse is a facility designed to showcase a wide botanical collection to ...

Plant biology encompasses the study of the intricate systems that govern plant life, ranging from cellular metabolism and gene regulation to physiological adaptations and ecological interactions.

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 ...

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

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 ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...