The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes four new specialists in the Department of Plant Sciences. With experience in ...

Plant pests such as bacteria and fungi lead to significant yield losses in agriculture. In order to develop new strategies ...

German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco ...

A single, invasive plant species can change the structure and composition of an entire ecosystem, as is the case in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where the introduced tree Myrica faya is assuming ...

A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the ...

Kobe University researcher has uncovered the purpose of the structure that inspired its name — revealing a novel mechanism by which plants ensure reproduction.

"Nudging” online shoppers with informative labeling and product categorization encourages people to purchase more plant-based ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...

Microbial factories provide a sustainable alternative to tree sap for producing elusive plant molecules, offering new ...

Brian Larkins, an internationally recognized plant biologist and former University of Nebraska-Lincoln administrator, died at ...

An environmentally-friendly preparation of plant material from pine could serve as a substitute for petroleum-based chemicals in polyurethane foams. The innovation could lead to more environmentally ...