Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey Island reveals that birds were responsible for carrying most of the plants that colonized ...

Kew's Ambassador for Wakehurst Cate Blanchett hosts the latest series of Kew's award-winning podcast, which explores the past ...

miRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression and influence key developmental processes. In plants, these molecules are produced through a multistep biogenesis pathway involving the ...

We are delighted to announce that Seed Biology (https://www.maxapress.com/seedbio) has been included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI). This inclusion ...

Arabidopsis in a growing chamber at the Bond Life Sciences Center. A team of University of Missouri researchers has discovered a way to genetically modify a plant’s genes to produce more oil for ...

A study appearing in Nature Microbiology analyzes soils sampled across the state of Kansas to determine the importance of ...

I am a senior double majoring in EBIO (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and MCDB (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) graduating this spring. Since taking advanced placement biology my ...

This single grain of pollen on the sigma of a morning glory flower is demonstrating the first step in the process of creating a seed. The spikes covering the pollen grain will help it attach to a ...