Bamboo tissue has become a staple of eco aisles, marketed as a quick swap that lets shoppers keep their habits while cutting ...

A look inside the D.C. facility that’s building the “shovels and picks” for plant tissue culturing and teaching hobbyists how ...

Researchers have successfully uncovered the molecular mechanisms by which bacterial cellulose patches stimulate the regeneration of plant wounds. The regeneration process requires the activation of ...

Plants have an extraordinary ability to sense tissue damage and quickly rebuild their protective outer layers, a process ...

Callose deposition is decreased from A to C but increased from D to E. (A–C) Wild-type ovules at 1 day after pollination (DAP) (A), 2 DAP (B), and 3 DAP (C). (D–F) Genetically modified ovules at 1 DAP ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...

Brazilian plant Joseph's Coat shows promise for arthritis treatment in new lab studies, reducing inflammation and protecting ...

Hyperhydricity is a prevalent physiological disorder encountered during in vitro plant propagation. It is characterised by excessive water accumulation, resulting in translucent tissues, altered ...

A mutant seedling revealed how plant tissues scatter incoming light, allowing plants to sense its direction and move toward it. On a shelf lined with terra cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward ...

On a shelf lined with terra-cotta pots, herbs bend their stems toward the nearest window. In a field of golden wildflowers, leaves rotate with the path of the sun. In a dappled forest, vines twine up ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this ...