Nicotiana benthamiana plants in a lab at UC Davis. Plants form new branches when a hormone called strigolactone breaks down. UC Davis plant biologists have now defined the enzymes that break down ...

Justin Scholten '22 knows the plants growing on the forest floor around the Finger Lakes. There's the white baneberry, Actaea ...

How are bacterial pathogens able to effectively overcome plants' defense mechanisms? Researchers working with Professor Şuayb ...

For most of their lives, plants get their energy from photosynthesis. But during the seed to seedling stage, when they can't ...

Starting from whole plant tissues and dissociating cells (protoplasts) or nuclei from the tissue, RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis by reverse transcription, library preparation followed by sequencing, ...

Gene editing with CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful tool in medical sciences but it does not work well for plants, limiting the ability to use it to create new varieties. Researchers at UC Davis and the ...

Asteraceae presents one of the most diverse and intricate reproductive systems among flowering plants. The family is typified by its composite inflorescences, which combine both ray and disc florets ...

Plant biology encompasses the study of the intricate systems that govern plant life, ranging from cellular metabolism and gene regulation to physiological adaptations and ecological interactions.

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PARTIAL CONTENTS: Mycohetrotrophy: an introduction -- Taxonomy and classification -- Biogeography and conservation -- Siubterranean morphology and mycorrhizal structures -- Evolution and ...

Volunteers are feeding our planet's future, one tree at a time. Saplings were added to the landscape in Chicago and across ...