In 2011, The Scientist featured Bergmann’s early work on stomata development. She now uses new omics tools to explore the ...

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) is a critical enzyme in seed development, mediating the conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to oxaloacetate, a reaction that channels carbon into various ...

Light doesn’t just help plants grow—it may also quietly hold them back. Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism where light strengthens the “glue” between a plant’s outer skin and its inner ...

In 2011, a devastating earthquake struck the eastern part of Japan, triggering the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident and resulting in widespread radioactive contamination, including in ...

An international team of researchers, including the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Plant Biology (IBMCP, a joint centre ...

Discover the fascinating journey of a flowering plant with this botanical time-lapse, capturing every stage of its life cycle from seed planting to full bloom and eventual decay over 72 days. Watch as ...

Plants can't move to escape the heat like humans can; they are forced to adapt. As temperatures fluctuate, one key survival ...

August Weismann's germ plasm theory of the late 19th century posited that only germ cells, e.g., sperm and egg cells in ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan, a plant reproduction biologist at UC Davis, has been awarded a 2024 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his groundbreaking work on plant reproduction, which led to a method for ...

Professor Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar, UC Davis Department of Plant Biology, has discovered a compound that could fight fungal diseases in plants including grapes and rice. (Sasha Bakhter/UC Davis ...