Plants have been cloning themselves for millions of years. Strawberries send out runners, potatoes sprout new shoots, and ...

Plant reproduction is highly complex and variable across the kingdom. The emergence of sexual reproduction has contributed to increase plant genetic diversity and enabled the colonisation of new ...

Asexual, or vegetative, reproduction in plants is controlled by environmental conditions, but the molecular signaling pathways that control this process are poorly understood. Recent research suggests ...

A Hiroshima-University-led research team has discovered a key gene responsible for the initiation of gemma development, acting as a "master switch" to start asexual reproduction (cloning) in the model ...

UC Davis researchers have discovered a multi-layered system that plants use to regulate salicylic acid, a hormone vital for disease resistance but harmful in excess. The mechanism involves enzymes ...