What makes plants grow to a certain size? From the tiniest cells to whole leaves, roots, and stems, growth has to be carefully coordinated—but until now, it has been hard to compare findings from ...

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 ...

Expansins are a diverse family of cell wall proteins that modulate the loosening and extension of plant cell walls, thereby facilitating growth, differentiation, and development. These proteins ...

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 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have cracked open the secrets of plant stem cells, mapping key genetic regulators in maize and Arabidopsis. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, they ...

The Trichoderma Associated Space Tomato Inoculation Experiment is a study where researchers are investigating tomato plant growth patterns in a microgravity environment, project co-investigator and ...

Many have asked if trees and shrubs should be planted in the fall. Newly planted shrubs and trees fare well at this time of ...

Witness the mesmerizing journey of a cotton plant's life cycle in this captivating time-lapse video, spanning 205 days from ...

This review is led by Professor Hong-Lei Jin and Hong-Bin Wan (State Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine/School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, ...