Most land plants form mutually beneficial symbioses with fungi. The plant and the fungus exchange vital nutrients. A team led ...

Several varieties of wild spinach that originated in Central Asia show resistance to a destructive soil-borne pathogen that ...

Dependence on a single crop is risky. When blight strikes vulnerable communities, the consequences can be devastating.

A research team has revealed the molecular steps that led to the emergence of this plant-specific vacuolar transport system. Their work shows that the acquisition of this pathway was driven by the ...

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has identified flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants, that are toxic to bladder ...

According to the USDA, ingestion of the plant is “frequently fatal” for livestock. In fact, sheep can reportedly be poisoned by eating as little as three ounces of green leaves. Animals can die from ...

Scientists have decoded the atomic structure of Photosystem I from a 3-billion-year-old cyanobacteria lineage, offering a unique look at early oxygen-producing photosynthesis. The ancient nanodevice, ...