Si et al. demonstrated that wheat TaNHLP1 interacts with ABA regulators and RACK1A to increase tiller number, and that promoter variants that elevate TaNHLP1 expression enhance yield. This regulatory ...

Plants lengthen and bend to secure access to sunlight. Despite observing this phenomenon for centuries, scientists do not fully understand it. Now, scientists have discovered that two plant factors -- ...

Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays a major role in plant growth and development, thereby affecting agricultural productivity. Scientists were ...

The Plant Growth and Phenotyping Facility at the University of Wyoming is an innovative research hub located on the 5 th floor of the Science Initiative Building in the northwest section of the ...

Glass-fragment waste typically just ends up in landfills, but perhaps that doesn't always have to be the case. A new study shows that ground glass particles can be mixed with soil to produce a plant ...

[GreatScott!] was bummed to see his greenhouse be empty and lifeless in winter. So, he set out to take the greenhouse home with him. Well, at least, a small part of it. First, he decided to produce ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Plant notching is simply putting a small cut in the trunk of the plant to encourage the growth of branches. Here's how to do it correctly. Sometimes houseplants need a little bit of encouragement to ...

The growing environmental consciousness drives demand for sustainable food options, including plant-based proteins, ...