Trees may forgo photosynthesis if they can’t absorb enough water overnight, revealing how drought reshapes their daily ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Photosynthesis occurs in chloroplasts found within cells. It is the chloroplasts that contain the green pigment chlorophyll which absorbs light. The plant uses this glucose to grow as well as make ...

Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves, known as stomata. When the sun rises, these pores open and the ...

Genetic analyses of algae conducted by Bhattacharya suggest that the pivotal endosymbiotic event that endowed plants with the engine of photosynthesis happened just once in our planet’s early ...

Temperature, carbon dioxide concentration and light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis. Plant organisation - Edexcel Plant leaves are adapted for photosynthesis and gas exchange.

“I think initially I wanted to make life eternal,” Malnoë, associate professor of biology and principal investigator of the lab, said. Now, after completing a bachelor’s in agronomical sciences, ...

Vanessa Haverd receives funding from the National Environmental Science Program Benjamin Smith's contributions to research reported here were supported in part by Modelling the Regional and Global ...