"The mechanical force imposed by inner tissues switches the growth patterns of the epidermis and modifies its cell shape," ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive ...

A research team led by Andrea Eveland, PhD, associate member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has uncovered key ...

In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental ...

The parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris grows by latching onto the stems and leaves of plants and inserting organs called ...

The long-awaited development of a global pharmaceutical manufacturing complex on an 18-acre site at Algonquin and Mount Prospect roads received a major boost Monday night when Des Plaines aldermen ...

Naturally, some of the actual examples may prove unfamiliar to the student, but the majority of the plants chosen for illustration are readily accessible to all. Nature and Development of Plants.

New research from an international team of plant biologists, led by researchers at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, has revealed crucial insights into the role ...

We still need to cope with a wider diffusion of salinity and its related effects on both natural and cultivated land. Plant tolerance mechanisms, the ways to harness them and the complementary crop ...

we investigate the effects of MED7A/MED7B silencing across multiple stages of Arabidopsis development, revealing a broader impact of MED7 on plant growth and developmental processes beyond ...

At the heart of this energy revolution is a massive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant currently being built in Port Sulphur along the Mississippi River. The plant, which Venture Global is ...

Pleiotropy is the effect of a single locus on multiple traits, which can lead to undesirable outcomes during crop improvement. Here, the authors reveal regulatory variation controlling pleiotropy ...