Plants can't move to escape the heat like humans can; they are forced to adapt. As temperatures fluctuate, one key survival ...

Plants rely on gene regulators to grow, flower, reproduce, and survive drought, disease, and other environmental pressures.

Students gathered at the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum on Friday, April 3, for an Easter trivia night that turned biology ...

Night lighting may be due for a plant-based glow-up. The post Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a plant reproduction biologist at UC Davis, has been awarded a 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his groundbreaking work on plant reproduction, which led to a method 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 ...

UC Riverside researchers have identified a mechanism that allows plants to rapidly slow growth in response to extreme environmental stress. The finding could help farmers grow more resilient crops, ...

How AI foundation models trained on DNA could transform plant biology ...

Asteraceae presents one of the most diverse and intricate reproductive systems among flowering plants. The family is typified by its composite inflorescences, which combine both ray and disc florets ...

For years, we’ve admired plants for their ability to cleanse the air and help fight air pollution. However, our green ally might be contributing to air pollution in an unexpected way. While they may ...

An evolutionary "arms race" for light and space drove the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could ...