When I was little, my family measured how tall I was. They marked it on the wall. It was amazing to see how much I grew. I talked about how plants grow with Helmut Kirchhoff. He’s a scientist at ...
A ghostly white sprout may look magical, but plant albinism comes with serious limits. Rare exceptions prove nature sometimes ...
Experimental seedlings in the laboratory. UC Davis plant biologists have discovered how chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis in green plants, also play a key role in plant immunity to ...
Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...
Photosynthesis is the pivotal process through which plants convert light energy into chemical energy, thereby sustaining almost all terrestrial ecosystems. At the heart of this mechanism is the enzyme ...
It's that time of year again when the days are becoming shorter. Daylight Saving Time ended on Sunday and for many of us, that means dark commutes home and cold, long nights. For plants, it means less ...
How do plants achieve their remarkably regular arrangement of leaves and flowers? And why does this pattern remain so stable, ...
How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but by the interaction of entire sets of characters.
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