To play this video you need to enable JavaScript. Plants don’t have brains or nerves, but according to some scientists, they can learn, solve problems, and even recognise other plants in their ‘family ...

Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture. Models of China ...

How does water move through plants to get to the top of tall trees? Here we describe the pathways and mechanisms driving water uptake and transport through plants, and causes of flow disruption. Water ...

In the summer of 1973 sunflowers appeared in my father's vegetable garden. They seemed to sprout overnight in a few rows he had lent that year to new neighbors from California. Only six years old at ...

Ken Hawkins co-authored The New Rules for Retirement: What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You and is the founder of Ohow Investor Consultants. Understanding how sectors are defined is critical ...

From the smallest snowdrops to the tallest oaks, it all begins with a seed. Plants everywhere, of every shape and size, share a similar life cycle. They all grow, change and reproduce throughout their ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

What is the NOVA method of food classification? Food processing ensures safety and shelf life by transforming raw components into new products. In the last several decades, this has changed in ...

Abstract: The agricultural sector in India, a developing nation, relies heavily on agriculture for its population's livelihood and food security. Plants are essential for sustenance, medicine, and ...

Abstract: Early and accurate detection of plant diseases, including cases of multiple co-occurring issues on the same plant, is essential for crop management and food security. This paper proposes a ...