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23 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Genetic Discovery Promises to Boost Rice Yields

by Dennis Normile

Two groups find gene variant that boosts test plot yields by 10%

11 May 2010 | ScienceNOW

Clash of the Kingdoms

by Adam Mann

For the first time, scientists observe plants competing with animals for food

4 March 2010 | ScienceNOW

Solving the Rangeland Paradox

by Phil Berardelli

Are trees really to blame for dwindling groundwater supplies on the prairies?

28 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

How Carnations Conquered Europe

by Lauren Schenkman

Rapid diversification of flower suggests continent may have been an evolutionary hot spot

21 January 2010 | ScienceNOW

Flowering by Day Keeps the Caterpillars Away

by Helen Fields

Tobacco plant alters its flowering schedule to avoid being chewed up

5 October 2009 | ScienceNOW

Helping Crops Shed Pesticides

by Phil Berardelli

Dousing plants with their own hormones helps them expel toxic chemicals

19 August 2009 | ScienceNOW

Snorkel Genes to the Rescue

by Helen Fields

Researchers give drowning rice plants a leg up

22 June 2009 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Waves of (Wild) Grain

by Michael Balter

At a site in Jordan, inhabitants built granaries to protect their harvests

1 June 2009 | ScienceNOW

Thin the Air, Save the Biosphere?

by Phil Berardelli

Team suggests way to prevent plant Armageddon

15 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

How Plants Survived Chernobyl

by Stephanie Pappas

Research sheds light on how soybeans and other vegetation respond to nuclear fallout

14 May 2009 | ScienceNOW

Helping Bees Get a Grip

by Kelli Whitlock Burton

Petal cells provide footholds for pollinators

25 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Early Chinese May Have Eaten Millet Before Rice

by Michael Balter

Animal remains give clues to origins of farming

23 March 2009 | ScienceNOW

Corn: It's Not for Cocktails

by Michael Balter

Scientists find earliest traces of maize--and discount a leading hypothesis about what it was used for

20 February 2009 | ScienceNOW

Why Leaves Fall in the Fall

by Dennis Normile

New work proposes a molecular path to cell death

29 January 2009 | ScienceNOW

Why Can't Mules Breed?

by Sara Coelho

Study chalks speciation up to subtle genetic differences

15 January 2009 | ScienceNOW

Global Warming: Corn to the Rescue?

by Haley Stephenson

Reflective crops could lower Earth's temperature

14 January 2009 | ScienceNOW

Methane Emissions? Don't Blame Plants

by Claire Thomas

Study refutes controversial finding that plants make greenhouse gas

20 November 2008 | ScienceNOW

Close Call for Galápagos Native

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Fossil pollen establishes plant's right to spread

13 November 2008 | ScienceNOW

Hey Bud, Spare Some Genes?

by Elizabeth Pennisi

A flower reverses its own evolution by borrowing DNA from a relative

3 November 2008 | ScienceNOW

Diesel Fuel From a Tree Fungus?

by Robert F. Service

Microbe's hydrocarbon stew could one day supplant fossil fuels

28 October 2008 | ScienceNOW

Two Enemies Better Than One?

by Elsa Youngsteadt

Competition between invasive herbivores could ease impact on beleaguered trees

28 October 2008 | ScienceNOW

The French Fruit Fly Fracas

by Martin Enserink

Researchers defend olive fruit fly studies ridiculed by vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin

2 October 2008 | ScienceNOW

A Giant Leap for Wheat Genome

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Researchers make significant progress toward sequencing highly complex crop

18 September 2008 | ScienceNOW

GM Crops Make Good Neighbors

by Richard Stone

Cotton engineered to produce natural pesticide also protects nonmodified plants nearby

5 September 2008 | ScienceNOW

The Case of the Vanishing Oaks

by Virginia Morell

Study shows dramatic changes in Midwest forests

1 August 2008 | ScienceNOW

Pollinator Plasticity

by Jim Kling

Flowers with new looks can still attract former pollinators

23 July 2008 | ScienceNOW

Dinos: Ahead of the Evolutionary Curve?

by Phil Berardelli

Study suggests that the rise of flowering plants did little for dinosaurs

26 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Climate Change Pushes Plants Out of Their Comfort Zone

by Lauren Cahoon

Mountain species are moving north to beat the heat

24 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Don't Judge a Plant by Its Species

by Elsa Youngsteadt

An ant, an aphid, and a milkweed are changing thoughts about community ecology

12 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Palm Resurrected from 2000-Year-Old Seed

by Emma Gatti

Record-setting germination may aid plant conservation

11 June 2008 | ScienceNOW

Can a Fir Coat Keep a Tree Warm?

by Adrian Cho

Trees may control their own temperature, a controversial study suggests

25 March 2008 | ScienceNOW

Saving the Planet One Farm at a Time

by Phil Berardelli

Crop diversity is alive and well on family and community farms

3 March 2008 | ScienceNOW

How Weeds Take to Cities

by Elizabeth Quill

A clever experiment shows one way to adapt to life in the concrete jungle

17 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

Suicidal Palm Debuts in Madagascar

by Gisela Telis

New genus highlights region's conservation troubles

7 January 2008 | ScienceNOW

Biofuels on a Big Scale

by Robert F. Service

Switchgrass produces five times as much energy as required to make it into a crop-based fuel

13 December 2007 | ScienceNOW

One Small Step for Plants

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Moss genome reveals clues to how flora made its way onto land

4 October 2007 | ScienceNOW

Leading Pollinators by the Nose

by Elizabeth Pennisi

By varying the strength of its scent, an ancient plant drives pollen-laden bugs from males to females

7 August 2007 | ScienceNOW

The Dirty Truth About Plowing

by Amy Coombs

No-till agriculture lowers erosion rates, worldwide survey finds

15 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Far-Flung Flowers

by Elizabeth Pennisi

Long-distance dispersal of seeds may make or break Arctic plant biodiversity

13 June 2007 | ScienceNOW

Rooting for the Home Team

by Krista Zala

Plants know when a relative is near and treat it better than a stranger

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