Warmth acts on a light-sensing protein similarly to the way shade does, setting off a growth spurt in plant seedlings. The experiments were conducted on phytochrome B (phyB), which, like other ...

U niversity of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have discovered where an important photoreceptor acts within plant stems, and the finding could help growers improve the success rate of crops like ...

Dedicated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center on October 21, 2015. For thousands of years, humankind has recognized that ...