Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality and creating crops that are adaptable to climate change. However, current ...

Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...

This treehopper in a greenhouse at Saint Louis University would not normally have a purple horn or "pronotum." It was painted that color for identification purposes. (Veronique LaCapra/St. Louis ...

Biologists have discovered how cytokinin activates stem cell division in plants. The mechanism by which the plant hormone cytokinin controls cell division has been discovered -- a breakthrough that ...

Unraveling the mysteries of plant growth, a recent study titled “How plants decide their size: Study maps plant growth ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working in close collaboration with KeyGene, have developed a method that enables plant cells to regenerate into complete plants without the need ...

Hemp fabric comes from the stem of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa L.), a cannabis species. Hemp fabric is similar to fabrics like linen, jute, flax, and bamboo, all of which are obtained from plant ...

From using tying techniques to tomato cages, a gardener shares her tips. So, how does one determine whether or not a plant needs staking? "If a plant is too heavy to stand up under its own weight ...

What is a tree and what is a shrub? It’s surprisingly hard to draw the line. “Biologically, there’s no clear difference between trees and shrubs,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The ...