Asexual, or vegetative, reproduction in plants is controlled by environmental conditions, but the molecular signaling pathways that control this process are poorly understood. Recent research suggests ...

Hidden beneath the damp shade of sal forests in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, a tiny plant barely a few millimetres long has quietly rewritten a chapter of Indian botany.

Studying plant vegetative reproduction is key to increasing crop yield and for bioengineering. Kobe University research is making progress in studying the genetic regulation of the process in ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

Liverwort uses hair-like rhizoids to collect phosphorus from its surroundings and deliver it to where it is needed. This Kobe University discovery sheds light on the evolution of one of the most ...

Liverworts normally sprout distinctive male (top row, left) and female (bottom row, left) structures when they reproduce. When researchers at the University of Tokyo genetically modified the plants to ...