In the intricate architecture of plant tissues, beauty often emerges from chaos, according to new research from Cornell ...

The field of plant systems and synthetic biology is being revolutionized by transformative advances in computational biology, ...

Phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilizers, is running out. The world's food systems depend on phosphorus mined from limited ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive process down from months to weeks. Publishing November 6 in the Cell Press ...

Sucrose provides plants with more than energy. It acts as a temperature sensor, signaling growth in warm conditions. “Temperature sensing is one of the last open questions in biology,” said Philip ...

There’s a reason for falling leaves. It might look like the colorful beginning of the end (winter) to many, but like the three other seasons in Ohio, fall is just a necessary transition to the next.

One of the easiest members of the onion family to grow, shallots mature faster and require less space than their counterparts ...

Anything you grow at home is likely to taste better than what you'll get from the store, but grown in the right conditions, ...