New research appears to answer an old question about how the remarkable hormone Auxin works. Auxin is a sort of super-hormone that is the key to making plants grow. Two scientific teams--one in ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 69, No. 2, Special Issue: Recent Advances in Auxin Biology (2018), pp. 201-212 (12 pages) Being sessile organisms, plants have evolved mechanisms allowing them to ...

Phytohormones affect differentiation and growth of plant cells causing permanent, irreversible changes in the activities of cells. In contrast to animals — where a hormone often acts quite ...

With this in mind, researchers from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University have published the first recent review of research progress on the functions of auxin and GA in fruit development. The ...

The onset of sudden cold spells can threaten plant survival, especially during early growth phases. But how do plants detect ...

Plants have a remarkable capacity to adjust their growth and development to elevated ambient temperatures. Increased elongation growth of roots, hypocotyls, and petioles in warm temperatures are ...

A research team in Korea has discovered a method to allow crops to remain productive even in adverse or unpredictable weather ...

Here we are, the last week of August. The summer season is coming to an end, the kids are going back to school, our veggie beds and flower containers are winding down —although my overwintered ...

A research team from Korea have uncovered how plants rapidly activate a hidden genetic “switch” helping them survive in cold ...