Sugar transporters are integral to the distribution of carbohydrates, which serve not only as energy sources but also as critical regulators of plant growth and organ development. These proteins ...

Researchers developed a tool to precisely control plant growth hormones, revealing a surprising link between these hormones and the plant’s internal clock.

Researchers at the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have uncovered a long-sought mechanism employed by primitive land plants such as bryophytes (including mosses and ...

Scientists have discovered that a molecule known for defending animal immune systems called itaconate also plays a powerful role in plants. Researchers showed that itaconate not only exists in plant ...

A professor of plant molecular biology wants people to know that plants have stem cells too. Just like in the medical world, plant stem cells could support human growth and development when used to ...

Scientists have revealed two enzymes that regulate protein degradation of proteins in the cell membrane of plants, and established the roles they play in plant growth and development. Ubiquitin is a ...

In an interesting turn of botanical events, University of Houston engineers report that while melatonin keeps us asleep, it ...

A project at Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has developed a portable live-imaging system for plant roots, combining optics with data analysis. The ...

Stem cell research is a hot topic. With applications for a host of human medical advancements, researchers have been working with animal and human stem cells for years. But animals aren’t the only ...