We have looked at seeds and roots of plants, and now we are going to study the stems. Plant stems are defined as the axis, or the ...

Phloem, the other vascular system ... As well, the green in the stems is a site of active photosynthesis. The tissue of plants can also differ by the type of plant. Annuals have just one season ...

Stringy avocado is another obstacle standing in your way on the road to the ultimate guacamole. If you’ve ever opened up an avocado only to find it full of weird stringy fibers, you probably wonder if ...

Crown gall lies in wait until emerging in damaged vines, but new research aims to give growers a better chance of detection ...

Auxin is the first plant hormone—or "phytohormone"—ever identified, with its discovery dating to the late 19th and early 20th ...

Thick multicellular plant samples provide unique challenges when it comes to cryo-preservation, which has resulted in limited successful examples for structural studies using in situ cryo-electron ...

The timing of plants' root placement is due to autophagy, the recycling pathway many people associate with health benefits ...

Trees may forgo photosynthesis if they can’t absorb enough water overnight, revealing how drought reshapes their daily ...

Our plant science program involves course work in plant molecular biology, plant breeding, plant pathology, plant tissue culture, horticulture, crop science, plant anatomy and/or plant physiology.