Plant scientist Dario Leister and his team are investigating how cyanobacteria adapt to rapidly changing light intensities.

AMES, Iowa – Scientists are working to bioengineer a common defense mechanism that most plants develop naturally to protect against drought, insects and other environmental stresses. The goal is to ...

Plants use a complex self-regulating system to control immunity, with a newly discovered protein helping balance disease ...

Salicylic acid, the active molecule in aspirin and some acne medications, is a hormone in plants that is essential for ...

Chopping down trees and processing the wood isn’t the most efficient or environmentally friendly way to make furniture or building materials. Scientists at MIT have now made breakthroughs in a process ...

A common lab plant that’s been poked and put under microscopes for decades may seem unlikely to keep secrets. But in widely studied Arabidopsis thaliana, scientists have identified the “cantil” — a ...

The Plant Physiology Laboratory and plant growth facilities span 2,200 square feet and are located on the 11th floor of the CNRC. Under the direction of a USDA plant physiologist, this laboratory is ...

Wyoming ranchers are cheering a bill that targets labeling of plant-based and lab-grown proteins being passed off as farm- or ...