Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...

Using newly generated 'optogenetic' tobacco plants, research teams have investigated how plants process external signals. When it comes to survival, plants have a huge disadvantage compared to many ...

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

Lin Hongxuan, the team's lead scientist, explained the mechanism through which rice senses and adapts to high temperatures. When exposed to heat, a key enzyme, diacylglycerol kinase 7 (DGK7), on the ...