A research group led by Dr. Ryushiro Kasahara has discovered a new plant tissue essential for seed formation, which will be ...

Plants have been part of our diet as long as meat has, with new evidence showing that Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens and ...

Some plants stay healthy even when a key nutrient drops. New research explains the root and cell tricks that help plants ...

Hybrid crop plants can retain favorable traits from generation to generation. Plants have for the first time been cloned as seeds. The research by UC Davis plant scientists and their international ...

Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles. These proteins not only sustain seedling growth but also serve as a major ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Seven teams of Purdue Center for Plant Biology faculty will receive seed grant funding for various projects aimed at advancing basic plant biology. The PCPB’s first seed grant ...

Purdue University researchers found that a subset of epidermal cells in plant leaves serves as early responders to chemical ...

A seed is a plant embryo wrapped in a protective covering of maternal tissue. This coverage allows the seed to withstand a much wider range of environmental conditions than adult plants, such as ...