Cacao Crisis: Devastating Virus Threatens Global Chocolate Supply
The cacao swollen shoot virus disease can result in the loss of up to 50% of certain harvests. A swiftly spreading virus poses a risk…
The cacao swollen shoot virus disease can result in the loss of up to 50% of certain harvests. A swiftly spreading virus poses a risk…
Scientists have constructed a groundbreaking tree of life using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code. A recent study published in the journal Nature by an…
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…
A new species and genus of fairy lantern, tiny glass-like white plants that feed on fungi, has been discovered in Japan. In the country renowned…
Non-native species can remain dormant for decades or even centuries before they begin to spread. According to a new study led by the University of…
A new study, led by UCL scientists in collaboration with experts from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, reveals that giant sequoia trees, when introduced to…
Ecological theory and experience tells us that plants on meadows and pastures across Denmark should be dispersing heavier seeds. But they are doing the exact…
The oldest fossilized forest ever discovered on Earth, dating back 390 million years, has been located within the towering sandstone cliffs of the Devon and…
Research provides new insights into how cells in plants coordinate their responses. A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently published a…
The mysteries of photosynthesis have been unveiled at the atomic level, providing significant new insights into this plant super-power that transformed the Earth into a…
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…
The rapidly expanding aquatic fern possesses the nutritional profile necessary to act as a crucial food source in post-disaster scenarios and could be relevant now….
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…
Spruce, pine, fir, and additional varieties of trees dominate the chilly expanses of territory that stretch across North America, northern Europe, and Russia, forming a…
Recent research reveals that plants employ their internal circadian rhythms to adapt to fluctuations in water availability and salt levels, presenting a novel strategy for…
Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered a method to decrease the levels of a carcinogen generated during the frying of tubers that have been…