A study led by researchers at the University of Liège reveals the mechanism by which surfactin, a molecule produced by ...

Salicylic acid, the active molecule in aspirin and some acne medications, is a hormone in plants that is essential for ...

The molecule cAMP, which plays essential roles in mammalian cells, is less well understood in plants. In a new Science ...

Plant biology at Miami University is greater than the sum of faculty and staff in the Department of Biology. There are researchers that involve plants in their research in many other departments ...

Plants use a complex self-regulating system to control immunity, with a newly discovered protein helping balance disease ...

The Penn Biology Department recently launched the Plant Adaptability and Resilience Center to research methods of enhancing plant performance in the face of climate change. Led by DiMaura Professor of ...

Nicotiana benthamiana plants in a lab at UC Davis. Plants form new branches when a hormone called strigolactone breaks down. UC Davis plant biologists have now defined the enzymes that break down ...

Phytoplasmas are wall‐less, obligate intracellular bacteria that inhabit the phloem of diverse plant species. Transmitted by insect vectors, these pathogens induce a range of abnormal growth symptoms ...

Root hairs represent a low-cost strategy to enhance nutrient uptake because they can significantly increase the nutrient-acquiring surface of plant roots. While primary and lateral roots are ...

Plant roots can drill down into the soil, new work has shown. While it happens too slowly for us to see, time-lapse photography that captured one image every fifteen minutes over a period of days has ...

Plants, as the base for ecological food chains, serve as the structural and functional foundation of natural and managed systems. The study of plant science and biotechnology provides opportunity in a ...

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