These findings could be used to prevent plant inbreeding and promote genetic diversity in future conservation efforts.

For years, land flatworms were thought to spread mostly through plant sales. Worms or their eggs would hitch a ride in potted ...

Plants cannot walk away from trouble. Once a seed sprouts, a plant stays rooted in one place for life. Heat, cold, drought, and shifting seasons arrive without warning. Survival depends on the ability ...

Some plants rely on toxins rather than thorns or spines to protect themselves, and this species is a striking example. Contact with its sap can cause severe reactions, leading scientists and ...

Life on Earth relies upon an astonishingly short list of elements. Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen compose the essential structure of all living things, trace amounts of metals like iron and calcium ...

Ancient plants called cycads say “come hither” in infrared. By Sofia Quaglia If a plant wants to reproduce, there are a number of tricks it can use to lure a pollinator insect. It can display gaudily ...

Plant reproduction is highly complex and variable across the kingdom. The emergence of sexual reproduction has contributed to increase plant genetic diversity and enabled the colonisation of new ...

Food production depends heavily on phosphorus-based fertilizers, yet much of what is applied is lost, leaving soils depleted and harming long-term crop performance. To build a more sustainable future, ...

Most plants can reproduce both sexually (through flowers and seed) but many important crops, such as potatoes and strawberry, are propagated vegetatively, e.g. through tubers or shoots. A new study of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Removing faded flowers stimulates more blooms on many plants. Deadhead flowers when they begin to wilt or fade. To deadhead ...