Xuehua Zhong (right), professor of biology at WashU, studies the evolutionary strategies that plants use to thrive and ...

The new study, published by the journal Science, saw researchers from Durham, University of Helsinki and Utrecht University collaborate to identify the key components required to control the balance ...

Chinese scientists have discovered a small molecule in plant cells that can trigger immunity. This molecule, which has been ...

Most research on plant stem cells focuses on the tips of roots and shoots, where growth occurs in height. But biologist ...

The ability to genetically engineer plants is largely thanks to a microscopic helper: a bacterium called Agrobacterium ...

We have seen a recent surge of interest in whether it’s possible to grow potatoes and other plants in Martian soil, but what ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...

Dr. Paul Larsen, a professor of biochemistry at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), has focused his research on using genetic modification to enhance carbon capture in plants. Beginning his ...

An Iowa State University researcher has received a grant to see how plants thrive and survive in the face of environmental threats, with the goal of creating more resilient crops.