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Plants can communicate through volatile organic compounds (VOCs), such as what we perceive as scent. Shannon Stirling and members of Natalia Dudareva’s lab, in collaboration with researchers from UC Davis, were featured in Science's...
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Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for...
In 2010, Jianxin Ma, a professor of agronomy, and his collaborators built the first reference genome for soybeans on the widely studied Williams 82...
Hold a leaf up to the light, and the branching network of veins stands out against the thinner, brighter background. Like blood circulating through...
Frederick “Freddie” Mildenhall feels a dual identity — “born English but definitely raised American,” he says. His...
Purdue University plant scientists have identified a protein that plays a previously unknown role in controlling cell differentiation and...