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

Plant structural biology sits at the leading edge of research on how plants adapt to abiotic and biotic stresses, ...

Across the globe, soil compaction is becoming an ever more serious challenge. Heavy vehicles and machinery in modern ...

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 ...

A gift of $10 million to the University of Chicago from the Margot and Tom Pritzker Foundation will establish the Pritzker Plant Biology Center on the University’s Hyde Park campus. The research hub, ...

Long before modern pharmaceuticals, our ancestors turned to plants to find cures for ailments from infections to parasites to ...

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 ...

Knowing which plants that are tricky to grow from seed will save you time, effort, and frustration Growing plants from seeds is a fun way to participate in the life cycle. However, sowing seeds isn't ...

Vegetable, fruit, or grain -- the majority of our food results from plant reproduction. Researchers have now discovered the key to how plants regulate pollen growth and seed formation. In addition to ...