Most orchid species have a symbiotic relationship with the natural fungi found in their roots. The plants provide the fungi ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have reported on the structure and light energy transfer efficiency of a protein ...

Most orchids live in a symbiotic relationship with fungi in their roots: The plants provide sugar they produce through ...

Rising temperatures make plants lose more water, weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and survive heat stress.

Plant ecologist Associate Professor Andy Leigh's research focuses on how plants withstand heat stress, to develop strategies ...

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem ...

Researchers found that some orchids abandon photosynthesis and feed on fungi when conditions allow. Instead of relying on ...

Plants play a key role in regulating Earth’s climate, but recent research suggests that rising temperatures could disrupt this balance, because plants are leaking more water than previously thought.

Plants harness quantum physics to capture solar energy with near-perfect efficiency. Scientists are now exploring how to ...

Purple Earth Hypothesis suggests Earth was once a purple planet. Early microbes used retinal, not chlorophyll, for ...

Next the researchers are working on soybeans and cowpeas; the latter is “a hugely important food-security crop in African ...