Rare sex chromosomes discovered in distant palm relatives reveal remarkable evolutionary convergence, potentially revolutionising crop breeding for fruit-bearing species.

When friends abandon them, some plants go on a killing spree.

A new process could harness plants natural chemical prowess and allow them to become factories for producing complex molecules like antibodies and enzymes.

Scientists discovered that modern roses’ ability to flower repeatedly comes from a single genetic mutation in Chinese wild roses, and by tracing their family tree, they showed how hybridization with a few wild species created the roses we know today.

Viola metallophytes have evolved the rare capacity to tolerate toxic metals, allowing them to thrive in the harsh soils of Allchar, North Macedonia. Scientists now know that two closely related Viola species have evolved different tolerance mechanisms – opening up an interesting case of convergent evolution as well as possible avenues for plant phytoremediation.

Their unknown function in developing hausteria remains to be uncovered.

Losing immunity receptor genes makes these crops more susceptible to disease, but wild relatives can be used to better understand these genes and help breed hardier crops.

Individual trees carry their own chemical signatures and they may be rewriting the rules of how ecosystems work.

Czech gardeners helped protect an endangered flower from extinction using their backyards. The simple trick could aid plant conservation worldwide.

The sweet molecules plants make during photosynthesis double as sophisticated thermometers, revealing a hidden layer of plant environmental sensing.

Scientists have discovered caterpillars inject chemical weapons into plants that shut down defences before they can even form.

Your colour-changing African violets aren't misbehaving. They're using sophisticated molecular switches that regulate their genes.