Britain’s success in this field is partly down to climate. One key to growing giant veg is the avoidance of stress. That ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising strategy plants use to thrive when an essential nutrient—sulfur—is in short supply.

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

Applying a daily serum that contains extracts of a tropical plant improved hair density and strand thickness in just 56 days ...

A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in ...

From willow bark remedies to aspirin tablets, salicylic acid has long been part of human health. It also lies at the heart of how plants fight disease. Now, researchers at the University of Cambridge ...

For statistical analysis, one square meter was randomly selected from each block and some samples were analyzed for physiological indicators at −80°C, while the rest were blanched at 105°C for 10 min ...

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

Salinity intrusion, exacerbated by climate change and anthropogenic activities, poses a significant global threat to agricultural productivity, particularly in coastal and deltaic regions. Rice, a ...

What is ethnobotany and why does it matter? If you are anything like me and are fascinated with plants, you might be surprised to learn about a discipline within the botany world that is not as well ...

Plants in spirituality and divinity. Though plants are necessary to humans for survival in the form of food and medicine, not all plants that we use are so directly tied to our base biological needs.

Enzyme specialist Carbios has announced plans to resume construction of its Longlaville PET biorecycling plant in northern France. Provided the company secures additional funding, building will start ...