Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations. Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other ...

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

A plant missing for nearly 60 years has been found again in one of Australia’s most remote landscapes, and the rediscovery ...

Light doesn’t just help plants grow—it may also quietly hold them back. Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism where light strengthens the “glue” between a plant’s outer skin and its inner ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered the unique way plants age, reframing how scientists look at drought ...

Rain sounds may be soothing for humans, but for plants, the pitter-patter of droplets is more like a jarring morning alarm.

Almost every plant we eat has a flower, and flowering plants populate every corner of the planet. But many questions remain about how and when this vast group emerged throughout the history of life on ...

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The new book Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging unpacks how we think about the migrations of both plants and humans, as well as how those ideas shape our perceptions of what we call ...

For a plant growing on the forest floor, a beam of light from an opening canopy can be concerning. But new research suggests that plants growing together may be able to warn each other about such ...

Cinzia Bertea's scientific interests are mainly focused on basic and applied research related to physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of plant responses to abiotic (drought, heat, salinity) ...

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