During long years of drought, homeowners were urged to replace thirsty lawns with drought-tolerant plants native to California, and plants from similar Mediterranean climate zones. Now the drought is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — What are those dome-like tents in Travis, and what’s happening there? The tent structures are called Quonset huts (an old military term, or hoop houses), and they are growing ...

AMES, Iowa – Hongqing Guo studies a gene that affects both how plants grow and how they respond to environmental threats, hoping to unravel – and then harness – the balancing act between fortifying ...

Scientists have shown that the presence of both immune-suppressive and non-suppressive bacteria in the plant root microbiota is crucial to strike a balance between plant growth and plant defense, and ...

Editor's note: This column is filling in for a vacationing Judy Terry. The focus this week is on Iowa City’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gases with plants. The most recent program in the Green Plant ...

We know our plants are living things and all living things on Earth require water to survive. Of course, plants cannot travel about in search of a drink, so they have evolved specific components of ...

Plants are constantly exposed to microbes: pathogens that cause disease, commensals that cause no harm or benefit, and mutualists that promote plant growth or help fend off pathogens. For example, ...

The main idea behind the campaign was to improve the plant/life balance of Australians as scientific studies have shown that exposure to plants can improve people’s air quality, decrease their stress ...