Blazing star plants add color and creativity to your yard, but it's important to be aware of the biggest problem you're ...

Planting fresh seeds offers the gardener the best prospects of success. (Image: Jonathan Kemper/Unsplash.com) No matter what form the embryos begin, there are a number of natural factors which affect ...

There's no cure for a fungal disease that could potentially wipe out much of global banana production. Widespread adoption of ...

Gregory Moore does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

Plants that are typically valued mostly, if not solely, for their foliage can offer surprises when they flower.

Plants grow taller and wider with cambium stem cells, supporting strength, stability, and environmental resilience.

Using a computer model that reveals how plants grow thicker over time, biologists have uncovered how cells are activated to produce wood tissue. Understanding the genetic and molecular signals behind ...

Most research on plant stem cells focuses on the tips of roots and shoots, where growth occurs in height. But biologist ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

Try potting up some spring bulbs like amaryllis and paperwhite narcissus and force them into bloom for Christmas and/or for ...

Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers, and protective seed coatings to adapt farming to climate change and ...