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 ...

Some orchids have evolved a unique parasitic lifestyle, abandoning full reliance on photosynthesis in favor of extracting nutrients from fungi. Oreorchis patens serves as a fascinating case, capable ...

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