The Science Partner Journal (SPJ) program is pleased to announce that the second journal it launched, Plant Phenomics, has received its inaugural Journal Impact Factor, 6.961, ranking it 3 among 90 ...

The vast scale of global trade presents a constant threat of introducing new plant diseases, which is challenging to the United States system of biosecurity. Plant health professionals often must ...

Find out about the journal aims and scope. To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Science of Plants levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information ...

Triacontanol (TRIA), a common constituent of plant waxes, was first shown in 1977 to be an active growth substance which at nanomolar concentrations increased the growth and yield of crops. TRIA is ...

This illustration shows how the "Pest-ID" tool developed by Iowa State researchers can help farmers identify and manage pests of all kinds. Image courtesy of Iowa State's Translational AI Center. Nine ...

Morris Arboretum & Gardens has completed construction on their new Plant Science Lab to accelerate research in plant identification, conservation genetics, and species evolution using molecular tools.

Plants evolved multiple signaling pathways that transduce light-related signals between leaves. These are thought to improve light stress acclimation in a process termed systemic acquired acclimation.

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...