Isako Di Tomassi spends her days studying microbes that threaten plant health. Outside the lab, she helped build a movement: a campaign that convinced hundreds of scientists to write letters and op-eds...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be engineered into crops like wheat and rice to...

Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions. Yet breeding improved varieties—plants that are more resilient, produce better-shaped fruit, or are less prone...

For 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have been trading partners. The fungi weave through plant roots, delivering phosphorus and other soil minerals in exchange for sugars and fats produced by...

Goldenberries taste like a cross between pineapple and mango, pack the nutritional punch of a superfood, and are increasingly popular in U.S. grocery stores. But the plants that produce these bright yellow-orange...

BTI Associate Professor Fay-Wei Li joined host Alie Ward on Ologies—a top-five science podcast on Apple Podcasts—for a wide-ranging conversation about why ferns matter more than most people realize. Li, president-elect of...