Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest ...

In a recent study, a team of researchers led by Dr. Naoki Yamaji, from the Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan, has uncovered a key signaling protein, Shoot-Silicon ...

Very occasionally, a shoot arises from the junction between grafted plants that is a strange mix of the two – called a graft chimera – with the outer layer of one plant and the insides of another.

Researchers from Japan have discovered, Shoot-Silicon-Signal (SSS), a protein involved in the uptake and distribution of silicon in rice and grasses. This mechanism has potential implications for ...