Some orchids have evolved a unique parasitic lifestyle, abandoning full reliance on photosynthesis in favor of extracting ...

As climate change accelerates, plants face mounting pressure to adapt to shifting ecosystems and environmental conditions.

This course is an integrated introductory study of plants. Major themes include: plant form and function (anatomy, morphology, photosynthesis, respiration, transport systems, mineral nutrition); ...

Synthetic plant hormones are used to control plant growth. For example, rooting powder contains growth hormones that make stem cuttings develop roots quickly. Tissue culture is a technique used to ...

Selective weedkillers kill some plants, but not others ... The selective weedkiller contains a growth hormone that causes the weeds to grow too quickly and die. Because most weeds have broader ...

A plant’s immune response to pathogens can cross-regulate the plant’s growth development, UT researchers and collaborators ...