Culver’s root is a tall, stately plant that bears long spikes of densely clustered flowers for several weeks in midsummer. Dark green lance-shaped leaves whorl around stems that bear white, lavender, ...

A biological mechanism familiar to people who fast helps plant roots grow strong. The discovery provides an answer to a long-unanswered question and a deeper understanding of the 'mouths' of plants ...

To investigate the significance of autophagy, the researchers developed a mutant Arabidopsis (thale cress) plant in which it's autophagy was disabled which is shown on the right. With an enzyme from ...