Plants know how to defend themselves against pathogenic microorganisms. In turn, pathogens have sensors to detect such ...

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

Leaf absorption contributes to accumulation of microplastics in plants Plants can absorb plastic particles directly from the air. Particles in the air can enter leaves through various pathways, such ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

430 million years ago, towering life-forms known as Prototaxites emerged from the ground, reaching heights of up to 26 feet and growing trunks up to 3 feet wide. When the first Prototaxites fossil ...

This study develops the beet (Beta vulgaris) rust (Uromyces beticola) system to explore how crop pathogens evolve to evade resistance using a wild reservoir. We test predictions that crop selection ...

The life of a plant scientist involves long hours in the lab, thinking up, designing, and monitoring experiments that might tell us something new about how life works. But sometimes it helps to log ...

But TikToks and stock prices don't officially determine when the country enters a recession, and the word does have an actual definition worth knowing. Eight economists who serve on the Business ...

Police were called to the Scunthorpe plant in north Lincolnshire at 8.30am. Sources told The Times representatives from British Steel's Chinese owners Jingye came to the site at around 8am.

Another recommendation, also for experienced gardeners, is experimenting with self-seeding plants. Self-seeding annuals can be as reliable as perennials, coming back every year without being ...