Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Arabidopsis thaliana plants produce beta-cyclocitral when attacked by herbivores. This volatile signal inhibits the MEP pathway which is instrumental in plant growth processes, such as the production ...

Why is it that plants of chrysanthemum do not bloom in summer gardens while Baby’s Breath is covered with flowers? It has everything to do with the length of daylight and darkness perceived by these ...

Biofuel production focuses on taking the carbon that’s already present in plants and converting it into burnable carbon-based fuels. Most of the carbon in a plant comes in the form of sugars, which ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive ...