Experts from the University of Nottingham will investigate how genes responsible for disease and antifungal resistance might evolve and spread through ...

Although mitochondrial gene transfer continues to occur in plants3, no comprehensive study of the frequency and timing of transfers during plant evolution has been conducted.

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

New research claims that tomato plants in the Galápagos might actually be de-evolving and picking up ancient traits.

Scientists at the University of Helsinki discovered how plants heal their protective outer layer, the periderm. The diffusion ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce ...

Wild tomatoes in the Galápagos may be reversing evolution—reawakening ancient traits, surprising scientists at UC Riverside.

Using whole-genome sequences of cultivated and wild hops, we describe the evolution of sex chromosomes, including degeneration and dosage compensation, and identify a candidate gene for the X ...

The world may need to start thinking differently about plants, according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like microfossils with characteristics that ...