Researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully executed a practical trial of a new genome-editing technique that allows ...

A recent study by Chinese scientists has revealed the intricate molecular machinery driving energy exchange within ...

UW-Madison researchers discovered that in the absence of photoreceptor cry1 Arabidopsis plants grow significantly taller.

A Chinese research team has developed a carbon-based nanomaterial from agricultural waste biomass that can enhance ...

In plants that haven’t yet experienced stress, defence genes are mostly inactive to prevent unnecessary and costly immune ...

Sorghum is an increasingly important crop for animal and human nutrition, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, due to ...

Erucamide, a fatty acid amide produced by plants, has antibacterial properties and may be useful as an ecofriendly pesticide ...

Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard to prevent them from mobilizing and re-inserting into the genome.

An image of barley's progression from pistil to grain. Researchers have identified a novel mechanism through which a protein ...

A study published last month in Nature Plants describes shared biochemical pathways involved in vitamin B6 levels that link ...