The National Academy of Sciences has awarded James Schnable, a plant geneticist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, one of ...

A destructive plant pathogen has long puzzled scientists with its ability to move swiftly through crops and cause sudden, ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way plants make powerful chemicals, revealing hidden biological connections that could transform how medicines are discovered and produced. Plants produce ...

Giles Oldroyd, the new president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, thinks now is the time for plant science to change the world. The ability to sequence DNA has created a “phenomenal ...

Plants reflect urban climate and soil conditions with remarkable precision. Using more than 80 million observations from ...

Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.

Conventional plant regeneration approaches by cell culture require the external application of plant growth regulators, including hormones. However, optimizing culture conditions can be laborious. Now ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Many people in St. Louis may not realize the region is a plant science powerhouse. And in just a few months, one of the leading plant science centers will have a new leader at ...

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In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. By plant standards, Thismia are truly odd. Lacking chlorophyll, they eschew photosynthesis, instead ...

California is what’s known as a biodiversity hotspot because of the large amount of endemic natural life found here, especially plants. Endemic means these plants can only be found here and nowhere ...