Plant Sciences

Credit: Deborah Samac Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye twitch? That's because bananas have potassium. Potassium is an important nutrient for humans, and an even more important…

Climate change affects ecosystems not only through warming, but also by delivering more extreme weather eventsCredit: Lars Holst Hansen In 2018, vast amounts of snow were spread across most of the Arctic region and did not melt…

Credit: Ganpati B. Jagdale Native to the Southeastern United States, muscadine grapes are a superfruit. With high levels of resveratrol, phenols and antioxidants, they are known to help fight cardiovascular disease and…

Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Wheat provides 20% of the total calories and protein content for the world's population and is a staple for more than 2.5 billion people around the world. However, the production system for this grain is…

New major project aims to improve global date palm production and protectionCredit: King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) Today on World Food Day, a team of Plant Scientists from King Abdullah University for Science…

Credit: Rebecca Weeks New research shows that conservation initiatives often spread like disease, which helps scientists and policymakers to better design successful programs that are more likely to be adopted. In a study…

Credit: Karen Lee, Yohei Koide, John Fozard and Claire Bushell. Leaves display a remarkable range of forms from flat sheets with simple outlines to the cup-shaped traps found in carnivorous plants. A general question in developmental…

For the first time, CABI scientists have studied the distribution and population dynamics of wheat aphids and their natural enemies in Pakistan through seasons and periods of time; this research could be useful to develop better pest…

Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants - those produced by crossing two different types of parents - often die in conditions in which…

Credit: Valerio Hoyos-Villegas Four-leaved clovers may or may not bring good luck. What's indisputable is that all white clovers, whether with three or four leaves, have many benefits. The United States Department of…