The incorporation of plant tolerance after damage as a new alternative to cope with herbivory, as opposed to resistance, opened new avenues for our understanding of coevolution between plants and ...

If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

Q: I am very concerned about what I suspect to be a highly poisonous plant that has grown at alarming speed in our garden. My daughter, mother and I planted a variety of vegetables and have just begun ...

It has been assumed that herbivores constitute a selective agent for the evolution of plant resistance. However, few studies have tested this hypothesis. In this study, we look at the annual weed ...

Greenyard Frozen France has recalled frozen green beans because they could contain parts of a poisonous plant commonly known as jimsom weed or jimsonweed. The scientific name of the plant is Datura ...

I have sent a leaf and cone of a plant growing in my garden this year. It has a lot of these cones and big leaves. I have no idea what it is, can you help? (Mrs B Prielis, Toftwood) Answer: The plant ...

Don’t be fooled by its beauty — jimsonweed is a very poisonous plant. I drove past an unusually large, flowering weed on the side of the road the other day that had a particularly interesting bloom.

Farm officials in Australia have identified the cause behind wave of psychological and physical side-effects suffered by people who consumed spinach. Almost 200 spinach eaters in four states across ...