Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around ...

Slippery, drippy goop makes Ralstonia bacteria devastating killers of plants, causing rapid wilting in tomato, potato, and a ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Future missions to the Moon could see astronauts growing the first plants on the lunar surface. But, getting lunar soil to grow plants has been a tricky process. Scientists may have finally had a ...

Plants do not stay silent. New research shows how plant diversity changes smell based communication across ecosystems.

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way plants make powerful chemicals, revealing hidden biological connections that could transform how medicines are discovered and produced. Plants produce ...

AMES, Iowa – Smarter use of the microbes that live in and around crops could pay huge dividends for farmers in the near future, according to an Iowa State University microbiologist. Gwyn Beattie, a ...

Suzanne Simard interview: How I uncovered the hidden language of trees Just as the bacteria that live in our guts can influence our health, the microbes that dwell in and around plant roots play a ...