Plants are consistently threatened by various types of abiotic stress. Strides have been made over the past couple of decades in understanding the molecular mechanisms that regulate plant responses to ...

In the last column I discussed light — the first environmental factor affecting plant growth and the distribution of plants. The week, I will look at the second factor — temperature. Temperature ...

Researchers have discovered a protein that is involved in plant leaf aging. Resistance to disease should mean a longer life, but researchers have found that a mutant protein that helps a plant fight ...