When looking at forests, we hardly get to see beyond a bunch of green. However, for a plant ecologist, forests represent a much more complex world consisting of different species. This diversity of ...

Summary Theory predicts that natural selection should favor coordination between leaf physiology, biochemistry and anatomical structure along a functional trait spectrum from fast, ...

A joint research team led by Professors Pyungok Lim, Jongchan Lee, and Minsik Kim from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST; President Kunwoo Lee) has discovered a new molecular ...

Farmers who understand how corn hybrid ear type and corn plant structure can work together are on the road to being able to make better hybrid selections for their fields, says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...

Malathy Palayam, Aleczander Young, Lior Tal, and Nitzan Shabek at the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology are exploring the mechanism by which the plant hormone strigoractone regulates a massive ...

Tiny leaf sensors track plant hydration in real time, helping farmers save water, boost crops, and detect stress before ...

Scientists reveal why plants stop absorbing water in dry soil, pointing to soil physics rather than plant limits as the key ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular ...