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Mosses are not only good for gardens, but are just as fundamental for the entire planet’s health when grown on topsoil, researchers at UNSW Sydney find.

INRAE researchers have devised a new way to document leaf and plant organ development using open source software.

Researchers predict which invasive species could pose a future threat to the UK’s Overseas Territories in order to conserve these rare environments.

The 15th of November 2022 was an unremarkable day that may have passed many people by, but this was the day that the world population reached 8 billion people. As many as 828M of those people will go to bed hungry tonight.

A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait: a colour-changing flower.

A study finds that disease-resistant corals can help to save vulnerable corals – as genetic diversity improves a coral’s chance of survival.

Compost can boost global crop production and reduce methane emitted through landfills – and it can all start in your home with unwanted food scraps.

Monocultures of the Scots pine and Sitka spruce tree species display different resilience to spring drought.

At a time when plants could help solve global environmental problems, scientists warn we must become more in touch with botanical education.

Food could become independent of sunlight through artificial photosynthesis technology, increasing the conversion efficiency of sunlight into food by up to 18 times.

Blisters, burns and blindness: why is giant hogweed in the news and what dangers does the invasive plant pose to the UK?

Aarthi JanakiRaman, Research Director, Chemicals and Advanced Materials at TechVision, explains the need for an integrated approach to improve adoption of biological control agents for soil and pest management.

Bee bus stops are to become a new feature around UK cities, as they support wildlife and bees in city areas with their living roofs.

Researchers create wearable sensors to signal plant health from your phone, to indicate a plant’s leaf water content or when they are stressed.

Plant ecologists suggest that people should be eating more insects and using the insect waste to grow crops, as it gives added nutrients to the soil we use.

Air pollution significantly reduces pollination by confusing butterflies and bees, lessening their ability to sniff out crops and wildflowers.

Scientists find that peatland mosses are affected by temperature, so weather conditions could significantly reduce their ability to store carbon.

Heiko Rischer, Research Team Leader, VTT, argues here that lab-grown coffee and cellular agriculture represent the next food revolution A tasty cup of coffee through cellular agriculture? Yes, please. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has successfully produced coffee cells in a bioreactor. This achievement is an example of how...

Researchers have found that human activity has the largest impact on plant communities, as seen with climate change, or the introduction of an invasive species.

Here, Andrivon Didier, Research Director at INRAE, France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, discusses the existential threat of potato late blight.