Nature surrenders flowery secrets to international team – A recent publication in Science reports a mathematical model describing how plants arrange their flowers on the stem. The researchers integrated into their model knowledge from several disciplines – plant molecular biology, mathematics...

Plants tag insect herbivores with an alarm – In response to insects chewing on their leaves, plants can emit airborne chemicals to ramp up defenses or attract the insect’s predators. In a recent issue of Plant Physiology, researchers report a new class of small proteins that are involved...

Update from last week: Ban on Monsanto genetically modified alfalfa upheld World’s First Tree Reconstructed – The oldest tree fossil ever discovered has been used to reconstruct what the tree may have looked like. The 385 million year old tree was 30 ft tall topped with a very palm-like...