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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

New research has found when plant leaves physically touch each other, they seem to form a biological signalling network to warn each other about the upcoming stress. This can boost their resilience to ...

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

Starting from whole plant tissues and dissociating cells (protoplasts) or nuclei from the tissue, RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis by reverse transcription, library preparation followed by sequencing, ...

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

Researchers uncovered millions of ancient plant DNA switches—some older than flowering plants themselves—revealing a hidden evolutionary blueprint stretching back 400 million years. Most people have ...