Directed evolution is a laboratory technique that mimics natural selection and allows scientists to evolve genes and the ...

Two Ohio University Ph.D. students recently showcased their research at the 2025 International Conference on Plant Cell Wall ...

Which plant hormones are critical in responding to drought conditions? How do plant hormone responses adjust to environmental ...

In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

A gift of $10 million to the University of Chicago from the Margot and Tom Pritzker Foundation will establish the Pritzker Plant Biology Center on the University’s Hyde Park campus. The research hub, ...

Scientists at the Earlham Institute in Norwich, U.K., say they have been able to turn tobacco plants into solar-powered factories for moth sex pheromones. In addition, they’ve shown how the production ...

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 ...

Plant metabolism encompasses a vast network of biochemical pathways that regulate the synthesis of primary compounds essential for growth, energy production and survival. In parallel, floral biology ...

Tea plants can be grown in the Moon’s soil, the University of Kent has claimed. Researchers planted saplings in soil that mimic those on the surface of the Moon and Mars and monitored how the plants ...

Sebastian Cocioba’s clapboard house on Long Island doesn’t look much like a cutting-edge plant biology lab. Then you step inside and peer down the hallway to see a small nook with just enough standing ...

It makes great sense many plants flower when the insects and birds so vital to their reproductive success are also getting busier (and getting busy).

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Katrina Cornish has dedicated more than three decades to establishing a source for domestic natural rubber in the U.S. This, along with her work inventing new technology for cultivating ...