A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Using a new method to isolate and reprogram plant cells into other cell types, biologists explored how banding patterns that increase the stability of plant cell walls are created and how their ...

Stem traits were analysed in laboratory-grown seedlings of 80 European woody and semiwoody species of known potential relative growth rate (RGR) and of similar ontogenetic phase. The objectives were, ...

1. Soybean, Salvia, Cosmos, and Xanthium, all short-day plants, initiate blossom primordia after different durations of exposure to short days. Soybean and Salvia require 9, Cosmos 12, and Xanthium 5 ...

Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...

A new method developed by Penn State biologists allows them to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, ...