For the past 30 years, scientists have been on a mission to unlock the secrets of how plants defend themselves. That journey ...

The team mainly explored the behavior of a plant called 'Arabidopsis thaliana' when it was exposed to a pest attack.

This paper examines selection on induced epigenetic variation ("Lamarckian evolution") in response to herbivory in Arabidopsis thaliana. The authors find weak evidence for such adaptation, which ...

Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a promising new use for a ...

Scientists from the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered a promising new use for a ...

Nanoparticles can, in theory, deliver cargo directly to a leaf’s interior and then break down safely. Scientists suspected ...

Amid the growing global demand for sustainable agriculture, the application of nanomaterials in plant science offers novel ...

A new UC Riverside-led study reveals how common small particles produced by nature as well as human activities can transform ...