Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than ...

DAVIS--"To thine own self be true" may take on a new meaning—not with people or animal behavior but with plant behavior. Plants engage in self-recognition and can communicate danger to their "clones" ...

Paco Calvo, a researcher at Spain’s University of Murcia, is on a mission. According to New Scientist, he’s attempting to build a solid scientific framework for understanding “plant neurobiology,” ...

When a plant begins growing its first leaves, it is in a race for survival to build its chloroplasts. Research reveals that a chain of communication from the developing chloroplast to the cell's ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...

Inexpensive, easy-to-use temperature controllers are able to provide reliable set temperatures for the detailed observation of developmental rates in response to different temperature treatments. A ...

Join us on Wednesday, January 13th at noon Pacific for the Plant Communication Hack Chat with Lex Kravitz! As far as conversation goes, plants are usually a pretty poor choice of partners. Sure, we’ve ...

For thousands of years, humans have observed plants with fascination, marveling at their shapes, colors, and scents. However, until recently, we often considered them as simple passive organisms, ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 7, No. 2 (August 2013), pp. 498-520 (23 pages) Extensive experimental research has been devoted to the study of behaviour in laboratory settings related to ...