How parasites modify plants to attract insects
Pathogens can alter their hosts, for example malaria parasites can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, but how they do it has remained a mystery
Read the storyPathogens can alter their hosts, for example malaria parasites can make humans more attractive to mosquitoes, but how they do it has remained a mystery
Read the storyProfessor Cathie Martin's contribution to science has been recognised by election to the membership of a leading European life sciences organisation, EMBO
Read the storyA new variety of broccoli with higher levels of a key phytonutrient is now available in UK shops thanks to experts working on both the biology of plants and the link between human nutrition and health
Read the story'Plant scientist' should take its rightful place beside 'doctor', 'lawyer' and 'vet' in the list of top professions to which our most capable young people aspire, according to a hard-hitting letter by an international group of botanists and crop scientists
Read the storyThe spacing of stomata, the pores through which plants breathe, is key to maximising the plant's breathing and how this spacing was achieved has, until now, been a mystery
Read the storyA novel way of increasing the amounts of antibiotics produced by bacteria has been discovered that could markedly improve the yields of these important compounds in commercial production
Read the storyPlants produce a vast array of natural products, many of which we find useful for making things such as drugs
Read the storyAn international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a Chinese cabbage type of Brassica rapa, a close relative of oilseed rape
Read the storyIn the first study of its kind, researchers have used tools of paleontology to gain new insights into the diversity of natural plant chemicals
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