A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

Though we cannot hear it, plants are constantly emitting and absorbing gases through millions of little mouths on the surface of their leaves and stems. Just by opening and closing, these pores ...

Cornell researchers have discovered a previously unknown way plants regulate water that is so fundamental it may change plant biology textbooks—and open the door to breeding more drought-tolerant ...

Researchers used the SoyFACE facility at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to expose soybeans to elevated ozone while excluding rainfall, finding both decreased yield. Photo by Duncan Martin ...

In a review, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Stephen Long describes potential methods for “future-proofing” crops against climate change. Higher temperatures, more frequent and ...

In a decisive new study, crop scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service show that soybeans are doubly damaged by ...