Auxin is a central hormone in plant development, governing processes ranging from cell elongation to pattern formation and stress responses 1,2. Understanding how auxin is perceived and translated ...

For plants, light is an important environmental factor not only as a source of energy for photosynthesis, but also as a ...

By utilizing bacterial enzymes that cleave heme molecules at different sites, Research teams of the University of Tokyo and Nara Women’s University developed a method to dissect phytochrome-dependent ...

A new study from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) helps explain how plants can lose track of their own disease warnings.

Plants can recruit beneficial rhizomicrobes to combat environmental stimuli, but the upstream signaling through which plants sense stress to initiate rhizomicrobial recruitment still remains unclear.

As a flower bud grows and gains more cells, the random spikes and dips in any one cell matter less to the overall pattern.

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside. But plant cells have evolved some ...

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