UC Davis plant biologists have resolved the structure of proteins vital to energy production in mung beans. Understanding these proteins gives insight into basic plant biology, stress responses, and ...

When a botanist approached his colleagues with some unusual data he had collected, they initially seemed convinced that his experiment had become contaminated; what he was seeing simply didn't make ...

Plants are autotrophic, utilizing the basic elements of minerals, carbon dioxide, water, energized by sunlight through photosynthesis, to create the wide gamut of molecules they need to support their ...

Tropical rainforests are among the most species-rich communities on the planet. Many groups of organisms reach peaks of richness and biomass in the tropics (Gaston, 2000) and much ecological research ...