Plants use toxic chemicals to protect themselves from insects, herbivores, and pathogens. But they also need to attract ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

Regarding hunger, plant science is key to making more food, healthier food and more environmentally sustainable food amid ...

Utah State University researchers are collaborating with other institutions to solve the ecological mysteries of seed ...

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with remarkable precision. Now a study by biologists and biophysicists at Université de ...

A Dutch crop technology company has developed a breakthrough method to create stable graft chimeras—plants that combine the outer layer of one species with the inner tissue of another. This innovation ...

"It's a mystery why young organisms don't evolve stronger disease resistance because getting sick early in life can be deadly," said study co-author Emily Bruns, an assistant professor of biology at ...

A new study led by Prof. XU Cao’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds light on an adaptive strategy that may be pivotal in ...