Deep genome sequencing and comprehensive phenotyping of 294 samples of hexaploid sweet potato identify genomic loci with an increase in the number of copies of alleles that enhance the expression ...

Plant genetics deals with heredity in plants, specifically mechanisms of hereditary transmission and variation of inherited characteristics. Plant genetics differs from animal genetics in a number ...

Is your landscape’s water garden looking more like a fish pond than a garden? Are your container water gardens full of water but missing, you know, the actual plants? To help get you started, we have ...

A new study has revealed the critical role of plant roots in enhancing water movement through wetland soils, offering valuable insights for ecosystem restoration and water management in coastal ...

The two reality TV staples are clearly very game as the wicked sisters, though this Cinderella is long and particularly corny It would be a mistake to underestimate Katie Price. So when ...

Other than the clownfish and anemone, an exemplary case is the relationship between bees and flowering plants. Bees gather nectar from flowers as a food source, while simultaneously facilitating the ...

Step gracefully forward the Royal Ballet, which has decided to waste no time in dusting off its 2023 production of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella as this year’s festive offering. In marked cont ...

By Jancee Dunn I was on the phone with a friend the other day, and because I can’t sit still, I started to dust the leaves on my sprawling bird of paradise plant. This is nice, I thought ...

In the freshwater polyp Hydra vulgaris, a single population of stem cells is responsible for both gamete production and the sea anemone’s impressive regenerative abilities. However, this productive ...

Is it more sustainable to grow your own? In Meru, a town in eastern Kenya, a lush, leafy plant sways over the landscape. Benjamin Mutembei, a Meru resident, is growing the Plectranthus barbatus ...

As soon as the orchestra strikes up in Cinderella, you hear grief, not glitter. Prokofiev composed this score during the Second World War, and Frederick Ashton created his ballet soon afterwards ...

Stuck at home and put to work by her spoiled Step-Sisters, Cinderella’s life is dreary and dull. Everything changes when she helps a mysterious woman out... With a little bit of magic, she is ...