For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, known as myrmecochory, ants are drawn to seeds that offer fatty, ...

By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot.

Plant phototropism—directional growth in response to light—serves as a key adaptive mechanism, optimizing photosynthesis and ...

Students in Introduction to Biological Sciences do a lab class in the Botanical Conservatory greenhouse. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) The plant sciences major at UC Davis is designed for students who ...

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES. We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), ...

When you study plant sciences, you get hands-on experience with plants and agriculture, experience that can lead to a lucrative, rewarding career and a healthier planet for us all. The combination of ...

Engineers and plant scientists worked together to improve a basic tool of plant research. The result is more efficient and ...

The vanilla species grown for its flavoring is finicky. Genes from its wild relatives could help make it hardier — but not if those cousins go extinct.

And there are a multitude of jobs for plant science majors! According to Seed Your Future, 39 percent of all horticulture jobs go unfilled each year due to insufficient graduates. Structure. Students ...

Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide's label ...

HART member producers of 7-OH adopt GMP standards, third-party testing, and child-resistant packaging to further ensure ...