Soil bacteria help plants grow roots by suppressing immune responses. Scientists reveal the role of enzymes in balancing ...

'Some plants will go through an entirely dormant phase to preserve energy over winter,' says Elise Harlock, houseplant expert ...

Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow its roots to ...

A recent column focused on plants blooming in December. This column addresses plants that grow during the winter months, ...

Scientific advancement and agricultural technology have revolutionized food production, enabling humanity to feed a ballooning population ...

Being up in trees gives them more access to the sunlight they need for photosynthesis than on the dark ... environment in the tree’s canopy reducing that host plant’s need for cooling transpiration.

As the air becomes hotter, it becomes easier for plants to lose water to transpiration, especially because photosynthesis occurs during daylight hours when temperatures are highest. If plants ...

The world is getting wetter and drier at the same time, thanks to climate change. We need to act now before the problem ...

water stress causes a reduction in chlorophyll and a progressive decline in the photosynthetic capacity of plants (SALEHI; TASDIGHI; GHOLAMHOSEINI, 2016), so the analysis of photosynthetic pigments is ...

affecting plant growth. "Houseplants typically need less water in winter, because they experience slower growth and reduced transpiration due to lower light levels and cooler temperatures," says Lisa ...

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants, algae and certain kinds of bacteria convert solar radiation into chemical energy, must adjust itself to changes in the intensity of sunlight ...