Tomato Genetics: A Unexpected Journey Into a “Parallel Universe”
In a new study recently published by Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers reveal an unexpected genetic revelation about the sugars found in “tomato tar,”…
In a new study recently published by Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers reveal an unexpected genetic revelation about the sugars found in “tomato tar,”…
The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family,…
Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you’ve probably never heard of. Over half of the existing 24 species are recognized as threatened or…
Visual marker in petunia flowers sheds light on a little-known process. A research team led by Purdue University has begun translating the intricate molecular language…
Researchers have published a simple trick that improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables – such as temperature – affect…
Plant genomics has come a long way since Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) helped sequence the first plant genome. But engineering the perfect crop is…
Researchers from Hannover and Göttingen have successfully created three-dimensional visualizations of chloroplasts’ copying machines. For the survival of life on Earth, the process where plants…
A basic premise of how plants grow is that shoots grow up and roots grow down. A new study, published in Plant Physiology, a leading…
The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), initially identified in Drosophila several decades ago, was found to be a key controller of developmental genes. Subsequent research…
An obscure aquatic plant has shed light on how plants prevent cracking due to the stresses and strains associated with growth. This discovery was made…
A new study reveals ferns’ history of DNA hoarding and kleptomania. Ferns are infamous for having an enormous number of chromosomes and massive amounts of…
The discovery will help develop heat-tolerant crops and improve algal biofuel production Plants, like all other known organisms, utilize DNA to pass on traits. Animal…
An international team of researchers including members of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in the seed pods…
A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how the plant hormone auxin is transported within the cell and how this signaling…
Plant cells are under tremendous pressure. To prevent themselves from bursting, plants had to come up with something unique: According to scientists from the Max…
A new study from the University of Washington shows that with a changing climate, Mount Rainier floral communities could ‘reassemble’ with new species relationships and…
Biologists at Yale University recently discovered that asymmetry in plants can be caused by changes in pectin, leading to left-handed twisting of petals and other…
A new theoretical model describes the relationship between a leaf’s flexibility, the fragmentation of the fluid, and its resulting pattern of raindrop-induced dispersal. Using high-speed…