Do existing plants represent all theoretically possible combinations of structure and function for growth, survival and reproduction? To answer this question an international team from 14 ...

We investigated the role of the plant circadian clock in shaping rhizosphere community structure and function.

Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels and other products and ...

Plants play greater role than megaherbivore extinctions in changes to ecosystem structure Date: April 16, 2018 Source: University of Plymouth Summary: Plants may have exerted greater influence on ...

We indexed the structure (by measuring phospholipid fatty acid [PLFA] profiles) and function (by measuring enzyme activities and substrate-induced respiration [SIR] profiles) of microbial communities ...

Farmers who understand how corn hybrid ear type and corn plant structure can work together are on the road to being able to make better hybrid selections for their fields.

Tom Broeckx, Sander Hulsmans, Filip Rolland, The plant energy sensor, Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 67, No. 22 (2016), pp. 6215-6252 ...