Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way plants make powerful chemicals, revealing hidden biological connections that could transform how medicines are discovered and produced. Plants produce ...

Plants must defend themselves against relentless insect herbivores. A new study uncovers how tea plants (Camellia sinensis), one of the world's most valuable crops, activate their immune defenses at ...

A study of Arabidopsis thaliana plants found that plants growing together activated genes to protect themselves, while isolated plants did not ...

Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals, using them in painkillers, treatments for disease and household products such as ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...