Plants have an immune system, like people, and when it is triggered by threats like disease or pests, a plant's defenses are ...

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Huntsville Botanical Garden broke ground today on the INTUITIVE Plant Science Complex, a new STEM-focused facility dedicated ...

Major upgrades to greenhouses at the Borlaug Center for Southern Crop Improvement ushers a new era of plant research at Texas A&M AgriLife.

Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Many people in St. Louis may not realize the region is a plant science powerhouse. And in just a few months, one of the leading plant science centers will have a new leader at ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why some plants are fragrant powerhouses while others remain subtle. Now, a ...

California is what’s known as a biodiversity hotspot because of the large amount of endemic natural life found here, especially plants. Endemic means these plants can only be found here and nowhere ...

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development ...

Conventional plant regeneration approaches by cell culture require the external application of plant growth regulators, including hormones. However, optimizing culture conditions can be laborious. Now ...

In the weird world of chlorophyll-free “fairy lantern” plants, there’s a new species to admire. By plant standards, Thismia are truly odd. Lacking chlorophyll, they eschew photosynthesis, instead ...