Plants, as the base for ecological food chains, serve as the structural and functional foundation of natural and managed systems. The study of plant science and biotechnology provides opportunity in a ...

What are the key research priorities that will help tackle the global challenges of climate change, the biodiversity crises and feed a growing population in a sustainable way? Ten years after these ...

Plants generate signals across many scales, from molecular activity to whole-plant physiology, that can now be measured, analyzed, and modeled with computational tools. This interdisciplinary course ...

In a greenhouse on a narrow mesa top at Los Alamos National Laboratory, I’m working with a research team studying the role of the soil microbiome in how maize grows and tolerates drought. As the ...

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Missouri Botanical Garden president Lúcia Lohmann presents during the Plant Science Family Reunion at MoBOT on Aug. 21, 2025. There was hardly an empty chair inside the Missouri Botanical Garden’s ...