Plant-based diets have soared in popularity as people look for ways to improve their health, reduce their carbon footprint, and consume less (or no) animal products. But while following plant ...

The discovery that sunflower seeds can develop without fertilization reveals a pathway to accelerate improvement of this crop — and potentially others. CSP-H genes (encoding cold shock proteins ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technique for successfully encapsulating bacteria that can then be stored and applied to plants to improve plant growth and protect against pests and pathogens.

And this is where the growing process begins. The new shoots and leaves are green because of the chemicals within the plant. Those chemicals work with sunlight to produce the food that the plant ...

I got stuck, riddled with nerves that I wasn’t doing it right or that I didn’t understand all the ins and outs of plant vocabulary. Reading the back of a seed packet felt intimidating.