We have excellent teaching, research, and outreach programs in the areas of plant biology (cellular, genetics, genomics, microbial, molecular and physiology), agronomy (including pathology, soil ...

Researchers from the University of Freiburg have identified the HAN molecule as an important regulator that controls plant ...

Plant reproduction is a cornerstone of our food system and ecological balance; however, it is a complex process. Plants have ...

Plants face simultaneous abiotic (drought, salinity, heat) and biotic (pathogens, pests) stresses in natural and agricultural environments, which ...

The researchers examined thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), a small plant in the mustard family, to look at stochastic gene expression – the process through which genes can randomly turn on or ...

If you’re one of the folks who looks forward to pumpkins every fall, the long summer wait can be tough. For farmers, the ...

THIS unusual book should prove valuable in inspiring enthusiasm for what is so often made a very dull branch of botany to the average student. Each flower is carefully described in readable ...

The Devil’s Flower. ... Biology in the background. Mantises rely on their vision to stalk and target their prey. Their large, dome-shaped compound eyes are mounted on their highly mobile head; ...

It stands metres high, takes a decade to flower, smells like death and draws huge crowds when it blooms. But scientists are still unravelling the baffling lifecycle of the titan arum.

Unlike the corpse flower, which can grow more than 6 feet tall, the devil’s tongue sits at 3 to 4 feet. It’s a smaller flower, with speckled yellow-green stalks and a deep crimson-purple ...