The energy that plants capture from sunlight through photosynthesis provides the source of nearly all of humanity's food. Yet ...

Plants and trees may seem pretty passive, but behind the scenes, their cells are working hard to put on a magic show. In this episode of Crash Course Botany, we’ll explore how the processes of ...

Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

The protein BICAT3 is one of the most important manganese distributors in plants. If defective, this can have devastating effects on a plant's growth; its leaves grow significantly smaller and it ...

C4 photosynthesis represents a striking example of convergent evolution, where multiple plant lineages have independently modified an ancestral C3 pathway to enhance carbon fixation efficiency. This ...

For decades, boosting photosynthesis in crops has been viewed as a scientific holy grail. Yet photosynthesis does not operate ...

A team of scientists discovered a naturally occurring gene in the poplar tree that enhances photosynthetic activity and significantly boosts plant growth. The gene, Booster, contains DNA from two ...

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside. But plant cells have evolved some ...

The pleasant green appearance of plants, caused by their reflectance of wavelengths in the 500–600 nm range, might give the impression that green light is of minor importance in biology. This view ...