On a spring morning, a search for a specific species of fern leads to a discussion on ancient plant history, vascular beauty ...

New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

Bananas are one of the most consumed agricultural products in the country. In fact, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ...

Nankai University researchers have found that plant leaves can directly absorb microplastics (MPs) from the atmosphere, ...

Willie Peijnenburg is at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, 2230 RA Leiden, the Netherlands, and is also at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Centre ...

The world’s tiniest flower is headed for new frontiers. A rose could potentially store electricity. Here’s the latest in cutting-edge floral research from around the world.

Microplastics are pervasive in the environment and often so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Removing them has ...

Researchers did lab experiments and tested real plants, like corn, to see how the plastics entered the leaves. They found that the tiny plastic particles float in the air, land on the leaves, and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential structures responsible for the photosynthesis that ...

CTR1's main job in the chloroplast is to phosphorylate the TOC33 at a specific location—at position 260 in the protein chain of an amino acid called serine. By altering this site in the plants ...