Up-Sizing: The Tale of The Polyploid Giants

By Céline Caseys

The Battle of the Sexes: The Gene That Female-Sterilizes Kiwifruit Flowers

By Céline Caseys

To Breed or Not to Breed? Self-Incompatibility Prevents Inbreeding in Flowering Plants

Making Proteins: Where to Begin?

By Tegan Armarego-Marriott

Let’s start at the very beginning…

Rice’s Defense Kit Against Vampires

By Céline Caseys

Garlic. Holy water. Crucifix. Silver chains. A stiff wooden stake. A mirror. That’s the toolkit you’d probably pack up for a close encounter with a vampire.

Detect and Protect: Security Systems for Plants

Bacteria Trick Plant Cells into Digesting Themselves - Here’s How

How much fruit is in a flower?

By Diarmuid Ó Maoiléidigh

Small Difference, Big Effect: How a single letter changes apple resistance to a pathogen

Plants Tolerate the Cold by Editing Their Genetic Messages

By Jenna Gallegos

Wild plants are really good at surviving extreme temperatures. If we can find out how, we might be able to make our food crops more resilient. A collaborative group of scientists in the…