Trying to grow new plants from the cuttings of your existing plants? Break out the rooting hormone. Rooting hormone is usually a substance that you apply to plant cuttings. This hormone speeds the ...

A study reviews the classification and functions of all known groups of plant hormones in the plant world, which are key molecules in plant life and have diverse applications in agriculture and plant ...

At first glance, plant and animal cells have a lot in common: they’re both highly organized, keep their DNA tucked away in an envelope, and are kinda juicy inside. But plant cells have evolved some ...

Plants deploy a sophisticated chemical language of phytohormones to perceive and respond to invading pathogens. Salicylic acid orchestrates resistance against biotrophic microbes by promoting systemic ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR), working in close collaboration with KeyGene, have developed a method that enables plant cells to regenerate into complete plants without the need ...

For many plants, more branches means more fruit. But what causes a plant to grow branches? New research from the University of California, Davis shows how plants break down the hormone strigolactone, ...

New research shows that the widely used betalain-based RUBY reporter disrupts hormone and amino acid homeostasis in ...

Which plant hormones are critical in responding to drought conditions? How do plant hormone responses adjust to environmental changes? An article published in the journal Trends in Plant Science ...