A Research Topic in honor of Professor Reto Jörg Strasser’s 80th birthday, which was on December 28, 2023, invites original research and review papers for ...

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

Native seeds are essential for maintaining healthy local ecosystems, sustaining biodiversity, and supporting wildlife, though ...

Paavo Penttilä, a new Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, aims to produce new insights into the ...

When pollinators visit flowers, they produce a variety of characteristic sounds, from wing flapping during hovering, to ...

Experiments suggest that it might become possible to nourish plants without photosynthesis—a tool that could one day help feed astronauts and a crowded planet. Canola seedlings can take up ...

Many hikes in Mexico end with the reward of a lookout, but to get there in one piece, you'll need to be looking for poisonous plants along the way. (John Pint) Most trails in Mexico are undeveloped.

Many plants make good companions for cucumbers in the vegetable garden. Beans and peas fix nitrogen in the soil, corn and sunflowers provide shade and a natural trellis, and radishes serve as a trap ...

A final reviewer wrote, “I can't have real flowers and/or plants in my home because of my cats! [I] have been looking for something that looks and feels real...these look and feel real!” Amazon has ...

A recent study has found that climate change is altering Arctic plant communities, with some species declining in response to warmer temperatures, while others flourish. The study, published in ...

You've heard of Pink Floyd, but what about "Stink Floyd"? Well, the unique and smelly corpse plant is set to bloom at Reiman Gardens in Ames in mid-May. Here's what to know about the plant and how you ...

There is a chance for frost this week, and many plants are in the range of their growth that a heavy frost could create a problem. We are getting closer to the end of frost season. On average ...