Gene activity and plant metabolites analyzed together in the same plant cell for the first time: Researchers have combined two techniques, single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell mass ...

Scientists in China and the Netherlands say they have discovered how a single plant cell can regenerate into an entirely new plant by flipping two genetic switches. They said the findings could help ...

Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) may start as tiny, well-behaved seedlings, but it doesn't take long for them to produce a multitude of disorderly vines — not to mention the dozens of pounds of ...

The Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis, headed by Sarah O'Connor, focuses its research on understanding the biosynthesis of complex chemical compounds in medicinal plants. These compounds are ...