Soil salinity is a critical concern in agriculture when excessive soluble salts restrict a plant's water uptake, according to ...

A tiny plant’s molecular “velcro” could help crops turn sunlight into food more efficiently. An international team of ...

Scientists reveal why plants stop absorbing water in dry soil, pointing to soil physics rather than plant limits as the key factor.

Plants need water, light, and air to thrive. But when they transport water from the soil up to their leaves, they defy gravity. Scientists describe this astonishing phenomenon as "negative water ...

Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.

Tools like CRISPR-Cas9 are creating new opportunities for innovation in St. Louis, as well as risks around IP protection and regulation.

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In the microscopic battlefield of plant-microbe interactions, plants are constantly fighting off invading bacteria. New research reveals just how clever these bacterial invaders can be. In the ...

University of Minnesota study uses science volunteers to examine the efficacy of revegetation seeding to suppress common ...

A new tool could make it easier to study scarce plant molecules. Researchers have developed so-called microbial cell factories -- using E. coli and yeast -- to produce a special class of plant ...