University of Birmingham (UK) scientists have created a plant that rejects its own pollen or pollen of close relatives, according to research published in the journal Science today (5 Novemb... Read more
Drought is one of the most urgent environmental crises facing the world today. In new work reported in The Plant Cell, scientists from Korea used a genome-wide approach to studying drought t... Read more
UC Riverside-led research in synthetic biology provides a strategy that has reprogrammed plants to consume less water after they are exposed to an agrochemical, opening new doors for crop im... Read more
In one of the most comprehensive laboratory studies of its kind, Rice University scientists traced the uptake and accumulation of quantum dot nanoparticles from water to plant roots, plant l... Read more
Scientists have identified a new mutant plant that accumulates excessive amounts of starch, which could help to boost crop yields and increase the productivity of plants grown for biofuels.... Read more
“Imagine if you didn’t have to plant seeds for crops – if crops were just like your flowers and your maize just came up year after year” Since the first plant genome sequence was obtained fo... Read more
Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives. Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we... Read more
“It’s like a switch we can turn on and off to modulate how plants cope with water stress.” A three-year drought has farmers and food companies seeking new strategies in sec... Read more
Research team uncovers gene regulatory network that controls seed ‘de-greening’ A genetic discovery by a University of Calgary-led international research team offers a solution to a longstan... Read more