The team found that when a plant is wounded, such as when a leaf, stem, or root is cut, the cells experience a sudden rise in ...

Native to parts of Central America and the Caribbean, Tabebuia heterophylla is not indigenous to India. Yet in the last ...

The IISER Pune team found that plants respond to the stress by activating autophagy, a process often described as the cell’s “clean-up crew” ...

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

The pineapple originated in Brazil and Paraguay but will grow in all the tropical and warm, subtropical areas of the world.

The United States grows about 20% of the world's strawberries, with California producing 89% of the nation's crop and Florida 10%. Increasing ...

Bhagalpur: Primarily cultivated in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, saffron (kesar in Hindi) can now be grown in Bhagalpur and across Bihar, potentially creating an additional ‘saffron bowl’ in India and ...

Ancient Roman farms produced far more than grain, relying on mixed cultivation, orchards, and careful land management to ...

In a remarkable story of endurance, a young man found himself imprisoned within his own body for years, powerless to speak or move, while everyone around him assumed he was oblivious to his ...

Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram-negative bacterium that grows by microbial predation or by degradation of complex macromolecules. When starved, M. xanthus cells aggregate and form spore-filled fruiting ...

The researchers found that autophagy at the site of injury reduces levels of stress at the site of the injury, thereby allowing the formation of stem cells. These stem cells activate root regeneration ...