Sunlight provides the energy necessary for photosynthesis and growth, but it also exposes plants to harmful ultraviolet-B (UV ...

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.

In our latest science news roundup: how nature adapts, for better or worse. When faced with pests, plants may not be able to ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that plants are not responding to global warming in the way researchers ...

Launched this winter, the Data-Driven Plant Science course bridges experimental biology with embedded sensing, bioinformatics, and machine learning.

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...

Computer vision is rapidly transforming plant sciences and agriculture by enabling high-throughput, precise, and scalable phenotyping and monitoring. This Collection invites Data Descriptors ...

The more a plant species invests in defense, the less potential it has for growth, according to a study. Research made possible by open science provides new insights into plant adaptation and ...

Cinzia Bertea's scientific interests are mainly focused on basic and applied research related to physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of plant responses to abiotic (drought, heat, salinity) ...

An adventure aboard a floating lodge in early January immersed in the nature and culture of the Amazon River set the bar pretty high for University of Delaware students studying abroad that month in ...

One of the ways that plants are distinct from mammals is that plants don’t have nipples. Despite this disadvantage, one can still get milk from a plant. Generally speaking, what’s called plant milk is ...