Scientists have uncovered how tobacco plants naturally make nicotine, solving a mystery that has puzzled researchers for ...

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 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 ...

Researchers at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have revealed a key defence system in plants to ...

A recent study published in Nature Communications has uncovered groundbreaking findings in plant biology, opening new doors for understanding how plants manage energy production and growth. The ...

Duke researchers discovered a relationship between a plant’s genes, microbiome and autoimmunity, offering potential applications in resisting climate change and improving human gut health. The study, ...

Their research was published in the journal Current Biology. "Marchantia polymorpha is a key to solving the mystery of asexual reproduction in plants," says Yuki Hirakawa, professor at Hiroshima ...

PARTIAL CONTENTS: Mycohetrotrophy: an introduction -- Taxonomy and classification -- Biogeography and conservation -- Siubterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures -- Evolution and ...

A study conducted at the Institute of Science and Technology of São Paulo State University (ICT-UNESP) in São José dos Campos, Brazil, shows that Moringa oleifera, also known as moringa or white ...

"Although this book is not technically a second edition, it does include material from The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants by Thomas N. Taylor and Edith L. Taylor (1993)"--Pref. Introduction to ...

Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your garden. Thanks to advancements in biotechnology, glow-in-the-dark plants ...