Microbes growing on flowers have adverse effects on their yields. This is why plants are quick to shed their flowers, reveals a new study involving both field experiments and plant microbiome analysis ...

In a world that's getting hotter and experiencing stronger droughts and heatwaves, sunburn is becoming an increasing threat to the wellbeing of plants. Whether indoors or outdoors, sunburn can be ...

In a one-of-a-kind experiment led by UC Berkeley researchers, biologists in Europe, the Middle East and U.S. planted 360 small plots of Arabidopsis (above) in various types of climates — from alpine ...

Microbes growing on flowers have adverse effects on their fruit yields. This is why plants are quick to shed their flowers, reveals a new study involving both field experiments and plant microbiome ...

For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that plants will not be able to evolve fast enough to adapt to a rapidly warming ...

The popular idea of trees sending messages to one another through a forest is fascinating, but scientists caution against ...

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Inside the Venus flytrap’s two-lobed trap are specialized trigger hairs that act as mechanosensory structures. When an insect ...

Ecologists have measured plant-soil feedbacks for six perennial prairie grass species in a short-term greenhouse study, and say their findings do not match outcomes observed in long-term experiment ...