Whether the galls that aphids make on witch hazel leaves are red or green is associated with a gene expressed in the insects’ salivary glands.

Cultivating stenophylla, untapped by the coffee industry for the last century, could help farmers cope with the effects of climate change, researchers suggest.

Plant species officially reported to be lost are in fact persevering in the wild, in seed banks or botanical gardens, or as other species now recognized to be taxonomic synonyms.

Researchers found that thinning petunia cells’ cuticles caused them to slow production of volatile organic compounds.

The University of California, Davis, professor is a pioneer in teasing apart the changes in gene expression that drive root development.

Their relocation explains horizontal genome transfer first described more than a decade ago.

Researchers disentangle complex connections among vegetation, herbivores, and dung in the South African savanna.

In South Africa, the composition of droppings varies by species’ body sizes, and which animals are found where depends on vegetation density.

Plants use two different strategies to photosynthesize underwater.

An analysis suggests that DNA cribbed from soil microbes enabled plants’ ancestors to colonize a terrestrial environment.

Researchers push back against those who work in the field of plant neurobiology and claim plants can learn and have a form of consciousness.

Miami University’s plant conservatory was growing seedlings of iboga, which contains an illegal, psychoactive substance.

Scientists use microneedle patches to extract DNA for diagnosing diseases in plants.

The most extensive global survey of plant extinctions to date reveals cause for concern.

A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.

Trees are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

Forests are resilient, but researchers wonder if climate change will outpace their adaptations.

A growing branch of research on how plants use exosomes to interact with their environment is opening up a new field of plant biology.

Tiny insects carry the tomato spotted wilt virus, which causes infected plants to develop discolored ring-shape blotches.