Plants have an extraordinary ability to sense tissue damage and quickly rebuild their protective outer layers, a process ...

Plant tissue culture involves cultivating plant cells, tissues, and organs in a nutrient-rich medium using controlled, aseptic techniques. 1 Since its inception in the early 20th century, plant tissue ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.

A groundbreaking study published in New Phytologist reveals new insights into the early evolution of plants, offering a glimpse into how they grew from small aquatic organisms into the towering giants ...

Sylvia Mitchell (left) is Head of the Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group in the Biotechnology Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI; Mona, Jamaica). She founded this research ...