A new study reveals the dynamics of photosynthesis at the cellular level. Led by co-authors Professor Barry Bruce and ...

Cucumber peel color can decide whether a fruit looks fresh, desirable, and worth buying. In many markets, especially in ...

As climate change intensifies droughts and other environmental stresses, maintaining crop productivity has become a major ...

As climate change intensifies droughts and other environmental stresses, maintaining crop productivity has become a major challenge for global agriculture. Drought can impair chloroplast development, ...

Plants and algae convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis. This process is vital for life on Earth and provides us with oxygen, food, fuels, and other valuable products.

A team of researchers at Chonnam National University has identified a rice gene that plays a dual role in protecting plants ...

The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is an ideal model organism for the live imaging of chloroplast nucleoids because each of its cells harbors one chloroplast and the divisions can be ...

The locations of chloroplast proteins reveal the spatial organization of the chloroplast. Engineering crop plants will help address food, fuel, and product production challenges that arise from ...