Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

The study was conducted in a grassland on the UC Santa Cruz campus known as the “Great Meadow.” (Photo by Gregory Gilbert) Researchers grew a selection of 44 wild plant species with no previous ...

Plants rely on complex chemical defenses to survive attacks from pathogens, yet the genetic basis underlying the production ...

While water lilies are perhaps most famous for starring in French impressionist artist Claude Monet’s work, they may also have a molecular secret weapon that could help in our ongoing fight against ...

Ralstonia solanacearum in a potato plant. The bacterium destroys the vascular system in plants, causing them to succumb to wilt disease. (Credit: Amilcar Sanchez) Scientists at the University of ...

Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at ...

Orchard enthusiasts and gardeners are worried when they view black spots on apples and wilted zucchinis. It is understandable to question whether one can become sick by ingesting produce infected by ...

Two Chinese citizens are accused of smuggling into the U.S. a fungus that causes Fusarium head blight in wheat and other grains, apparently to conduct unauthorized research at the University of ...

Rows of meticulously tended grapevines sprawled across large vineyards, with a sweet, fruity aroma wafting through the air are classic features of America’s thriving wine industry. However, in the ...