Which factors determine the shape of a leaf? By using different methods of systems biology, Barbara Terebieniec has identified genes that control the leaf shape of the European aspen. Barbara ...

Plant biologists are facing pressure to quantify the response of plants to changing environments and to breed plants that can respond to such changes. One method of monitoring the response of plants ...

The concept: a solar-powered fuel or chemical factory. Brendan Cruz Colón, Author provided Photosynthesis – turning the sun’s energy into food for plants – is the biological system that feeds the ...