A shifting climate and extreme weather events are one of the biggest threats to crop yields. Farmers across the globe are ...

Plants are a rich and renewable source of compounds used in medicines, food ingredients, and cosmetics. Since growing an ...

Plant cell walls, composed primarily of cellulose, hemicellulose and pectins, serve as dynamic structures that not only provide mechanical strength and protection but also regulate growth, ...

Humans rely on the arsenal of cells, molecules, and biochemical pathways of the immune system to defend the body when it's threatened by pathogens. But there are many different biological mechanisms ...

In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering ...

Similar to humans, plants have an immune system to help defend against parasites and other deleterious infections. The human body is interconnected with cell-to-cell communication to orchestrate an ...

The field of plant adaptation to climate change has garnered significant attention due to the increasing frequency and intensity of environmental stressors such as temperature fluctuations, altered ...

Plant cell cultures are an attractive alternative to cultivating whole plants for obtaining natural compounds, but many ...