As a botanist and extension agent, I think quite a bit about how plants grow. Understanding the method to their madness helps to explain and diagnose the various concerns of citizens that come our way ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

MicroRNA396 has been identified as a negative regulator of shoot regeneration in tomatoes, unlocking possibilities for plant genetic engineering. Researchers from the Korea Research Institute of ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive ...

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 ...