Pectin fragments may signal plant cells to maintain a type of growth suited to darkness.

Viruses are incapable of reproducing without the help of a host, whose cells copy their genetic material and fabricate the building blocks of new virus particles.

Scientists infuse plants with the luminescence of fireflies. 

Among this year’s winners are a geneticist who revealed how plants respond to shade and a group of physicists who mapped the universe’s background radiation.

Scientists discover the real pollinators of a popular houseplant flower. 

Agriculture faculty members allege funding from industry organizations is tied to their employment status.

Plantings of non-GM refuges counter the development of resistance.

Herbivores may take to omnivory and eat conspecifics when the plants they feed on produce unsavory protective chemicals.

Genomic analysis of an oak tree that lived during Napoleon’s time supports the idea that plants somehow avoid the accumulation of mutations in their stem cells.

Cells within the growing root tip of an Arabidopsis plant elongate and divide, driving it forward in search of nutrients.