Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of one genome to develop distinct phenotypes in response to biotic or abiotic environmental stimuli. Notorious examples of phenotypic plasticity in plants include ...

Phenotypic plasticity enables plants to adjust their physical traits in response to environmental variations, playing a vital role in their survival and adaptability. While past research has primarily ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University scientists have harnessed data analytics to look “under the hood” of the mechanisms that determine how genetics and changing environmental conditions interact during ...

When we think of organisms actively searching for resources (foraging) we generally think of things like wolves stalking elk or butterflies finding flowers. Why don't we also think about plants ...

Johanna Schmitt, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is a plant geneticist and evolutionary ecologist. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) How can plants adapt to their environment, and how will ...

Mentor: Deidra Jacobsen, Ph.D. Plants must allocate a limited amount of resources among growth, reproduction, and defense. Resources devoted to flowers and fruits can depend on the relative benefit of ...

Plants all over the world are more sensitive to drought than many experts realized, according to a new study by scientists at UCLA and China's Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. The research ...

Specialized metabolites form a cornerstone of plant defensive and adaptive strategies, particularly in response to abiotic stress. Recent research has ...

A new study could help to breed more resilient crops as well as shed light on mechanisms that play a critical role in plant growth. The study focuses on how phenotypic plasticity, or the way a given ...