Plants eat sunlight and air to make life. But the key enzyme behind it all, called rubisco, isn’t actually all that great at its job. Let’s talk about how photo ...

Plant breeders have been prolific, and North Dakota State University’s Woody Plants Improvement Project has developed a ...

A new study implicates microplastics as a decisive threat to photosynthesis. What could this mean for the horticulture ...

A Kwantlen Polytechnic University researcher received a $540,000 grant to study the use of LED lighting to help grow greenhouse strawberries. Li Ma, a research scientist at KPU’s Institute for ...

No matter what you do, matter can neither be created nor destroyed. This property of the universe is called the law of ...

Since plants need a lot of sugar to prepare their food, people assume that adding sugar to the plant water might be good for ...

Tropical coastal forests known as mangroves are known for being the first “buffer zones” in coastal systems. New research ...

Sunlight drives photosynthesis, which drives starch production, which drives yield,” explains Ken Ferrie. If sunlight hits ...

Shelves by sunny windows are prime real estate for most houseplants, some species, like African violets and ZZ plants, will ...

If yellowing leaves are spoiling the look of your spring garden, try planting bulbs among taller perennials like hostas, ...

Berkeley Lab scientists have created a novel device that mimics photosynthesis, converting CO2 into valuable C2 chemicals ...