Solving the mystery of how plants survive near Chernobyl
Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear power station accident in the Ukraine — the worst in history — scientists are reporting insights into the mystery of how plants have managed to adapt and survive in the radioactive soil near Chernobyl.

First discovery of "animals-only" pigment bilirubin in plants
In a first-of-its-kind discovery that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists in Florida are reporting that certain plants — including the exotic “White Bird of Paradise Tree” — make bilirubin.

Correlation between development of female flower buds and expression of the CS-ACS2 gene in cucumber plants
The study found that the level of CS-ACS2 expression in flower buds is correlated with the appearance of female flowers in monoecious cucumber.

MetaCrop: a detailed database of crop plant metabolism
MetaCrop is a manually curated repository of high quality information concerning the metabolism of crop plants.

New techniques in plant chloroplast division hold hope for agriculture
Ground-breaking research at the University of Leicester into the division of chloroplasts holds out hope of a safer way of genetically modifying crops, with implications for agriculture particularly in the developing world.

Green Plants Share Bacterial Toxin
A toxin that can make bacterial infections turn deadly is also found in higher plants

University of Sussex launches world's first degree programme in 'seed banking'
Biologists are being offered the chance to help save the planet by enrolling in an innovative new postgraduate degree at the University of Sussex this autumn.

The emerging story of plant roots
An international group of European and US scientists led by the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology at The University of Nottingham have uncovered a fascinating new insight into the unseen side of plant biology - the root.

Botany: Nature's Shut-off Switch For Cellulose Production Found
Purdue University researchers found a mechanism that naturally shuts down cellulose production in plants

Plants Recognize Their Siblings, Biologists Discover
The next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom.

Clever Plants 'Chat' Over Their Own Network
Recent research from Vidi researcher Josef Stuefer at the Radboud University Nijmegen reveals that plants have their own chat systems that they can use to warn each other.

The Plant Kingdom: From Growing In Snow To 2,500 Tons
The Plant Kingdom
Article Description: The Plant Kingdom is very important to human beings. We need plants to survive.

Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Piper nigrum, Linn and Ricinus communis, Linn.
The severe side effects of steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug evoked the authors to search for new anti-inflammatory drugs from the natural botanical source.

Developmental changes in shoot N dynamics of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) in relation to leaf growth dynamics as a function of plant density and hierarchical position within the canopy
These data support the idea that leaf growth drives the dynamics of shoot N accumulation.

The plant organelles database (PODB): a collection of visualized plant organelles and protocols for plant organelle research
The plant organelles database was built to promote a comprehensive understanding of organelle dynamics, including organelle function, biogenesis, differentiation, movement and interactions with other organelles.

Whole-Plant Growth Stage Ontology for Angiosperms and Its Application in Plant Biology
Plant growth stages are identified as distinct morphological landmarks in a continuous developmental process.

University Of California, San Diego Biologists Transform Leaves Into Petals
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered how to genetically convert leaves into petals, an achievement that may be the botanical equivalent of the medieval alchemists' dream of transmuting iron into gold.

Scientists Identify Genes Key To Differentiating Top From Bottom In Plant Leaves
Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin have identified some of the first genes known to have a hand in differentiating top from bottom in plant leaves

Shared Gene Switch For All Plants Found
A gene-switching mechanism dating back 400 million years to the very first plants that made it onto land has been found by plant biologists at UC Davis.

Unfolding How To Make A Leaf
Whether plants make complex, divided leaves like those of ferns or tomatoes instead of simple, single leaves such as blades of grass is controlled by whether a set of genes, called KNOX1