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Published Botany must feature more prominently on the school curriculum to promote awareness of climate change, study warns



Children must be taught more about the importance of plants if education about climate change and su...
Published Making plant-based meat alternatives more palatable


One of the biggest obstacles to the uptake of plant-based alternatives to meat is their very dry and...
Published Sweet corn yield at the mercy of the environment, except for one key factor



A new analysis has identified the top factors accounting for yield variability in processing sweet c...
Published Starch discovery reaps benefits for brewing, baking and milling industries



Research has brought clarity to the longstanding question of how starch granules form in the seeds o...
Published Contours that kill: Geometry influences prey capture in carnivorous pitcher plants



Researchers have shown that the shape, size, and geometry of carnivorous pitcher plants determines t...
Published Disease-resistant rice and wheat plants may modulate disease susceptibility in their neighbors



Growing several plant varieties in the same field for disease resistance is a longstanding agricultu...
Published Mitochondrial genome editing technique yields useful traits



Tweaks to the mitochondrial genome hold the potential for better hybrid seed production or to introd...
Published Heat sensor protects the Venus flytrap from fire



The sensory hairs of the Venus flytrap contain a heat sensor that warns the plant of bush fires. It...
Published Consumers, florists differ on floral arrangements



Consumers don't necessarily pay attention to florists' arrangement design elements. And consumer lov...
Published Wood modification boosts biomass conversion


By adding a naturally-occurring polymer that makes wood more porous, scientists have engineered tree...
Published Soils forming on the branches of trees are an overlooked forest habitat


A study on 'canopy soils' on old trees in Costa Rica shows they are important habitats and carbon st...
Published Identifying a silicon transporter to improve the yield of rice



Researchers identify a membrane transporter in rice that regulates the accumulation and localization...
Published Silkmoths: Different olfactory worlds of females and males



Female moths primarily use their sense of smell to find the best host plants on which to lay their e...
Published Cacao plants' defense against toxic cadmium unveiled



Researchers used bright X-rays to unveil how cacao trees protect themselves from toxic metal cadmium...
Published Prostate cancer study: More health benefits from plant-based diet



Men with prostate cancer could significantly reduce the chances of the disease worsening by eating m...
Published The spiciness of mustard may depend on soil microbes



New study finds microbes may influence the taste of mustard seeds....
Published The complexity of forests cannot be explained by simple mathematical rules, study finds



The way trees grow together do not resemble how branches grow on a single tree, scientists have disc...
Published Two decades of studies suggest health benefits associated with plant-based diets



Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors li...
Published Calcium can protect potato plants from bacterial wilt



Scientists have discovered that calcium plays a significant role in enhancing the resistance of pota...
Published Modeling tree masting



The effects of a phenomenon called tree masting on ecosystems and food webs can be better understood...