Researchers at MIT are developing innovative agricultural technologies such as stress-signaling plants, microbial fertilizers, and protective seed coatings to adapt farming to climate change and ...

Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed strategies to identify regulators of intestinal hormone secretion. In response to incoming food, these hormones are secreted by rare hormone producing ...

Cold temperatures significantly slow down cell division, meaning new cells are produced more slowly. However, cell expansion is less affected by low temperatures. This means that even when it’s cold, ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...

“Puberty is really the deciding factor when it comes to growth,” agrees Bamba. “Boys typically start puberty a little bit ...

Passion fruit vines are an incredible plant to grow in any garden. Not only do they produce mouth-wateringly delicious fruit, their vine can also serve as a stunning camouflage over unsightly walls ...

If you want to grow creeping jenny from cuttings, there are extra steps. Prepare the cutting by dipping the freshly cut end into rooting hormone, and plant the cutting in a container full of moist ...

Peace lily, Spathiphyllum wallisii, is a popular, low-maintenance house plant with glossy, green leaves and white flowers called spathes. Native to Central America, it lives in a warm, humid ...

Scientists have now applied this idea to plants, suggesting they can grow in conditions once thought ... which although it acts as a growth hormone for plants, does not directly result in more ...

Growing sprouts is an easy way to provide home-grown food all year long. Sprouts are essentially immature, miniature plants harvested shortly after germination. A wide range of seeds can be grown for ...