As mentioned a couple of days ago, there’s a big push to try growing biofuels on marginal land. “Since irrigation of biomass crops is unlikely to be economic, it is important to identify genotypes that optimize the use of water in different climatic regions and those that are tolerant to salinity and water-deficit stresses,” said […]

A challenge for biofuels is water use. A successful biofuel strategy will have water-efficient plants.

A problem with growing biofuels is that they can take land needed for food. What happens when you start growing biofuels on marginal land where food crops are not possible?

Botanists use the orchid genus Epipactis as a model for speciation, but unravelling its family tree has been difficult.

MuSCA reveals that the topological scale has a major influence on the simulation of carbon allocation.

A lichen is not one organism, but a community of at least two. If that's the case, how does the lichen as a whole reproduce?

The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, some of which are terrestrial and some of which are epiphytes. A new study has found a rarity, a hemiepiphyte.

New research shows that it's the parts of the plants you don't see that help preserve dunes from erosion.

What happens when cyclones hit mangroves? What happens when there are repeated impacts? Ken Krauss and Michael Osland have been looking at the scientific research to find out.

Bending rose stems dramatically increases photosynthesis.

The longer a plant waits to self-pollinate, the longer it has to attract pollen from outside. But waiting too long can have consequences.

Overexpression of PtHMGR enhanced the stress resistance of poplar.