Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a way to make soil fungus work harder, delivering more nutrients to plants.

Plants use toxic chemicals to protect themselves from insects, herbivores, and pathogens. But they also need to attract ...

New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

From soft robots crawling through crops to bio-based fertilizers that protect waterways, the future of farming lies at the ...

Decorative and aesthetic value, improved air quality and calming effects were found as the most common perceived benefits of ...

In a breakthrough with promising real-world applications, a team of Rutgers biophysicists, bioengineers, and plant biologists ...

Starch and oils are known as storehouses of carbon in plants. However, the way in which carbon resources are allocated during metabolism in plants remained unknown. Now, however, using a forward ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

Our Changing Planet is an ambitious natural history series exploring the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems and meeting the scientists and local conservationists fighting to make a ...

Among the materials making the trip are plant samples from Winston-Salem State's Astrobotany Lab. According to the university ...

Coastal scientists are locked in an intense dispute over the use of treated sewage to restore Louisiana's wetlands.