Stock image of a plant growing (main) and music from a speaker (inset). Researchers have found that playing noise improves the growth of a soil fungus that promotes the growth of plants.

As climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will ...

These nutrients work together to promote healthy growth and without them, your plants will start to look a little worse for wear ...

As sessile organisms, plants are incredibly mindful of their time. As a result, they extensively regulate cellular and physiological processes through a combination of circadian (anticipatory) and ...

Some have negative effects on plant growth, but most are beneficial. Silica is probably a common element in sand. Crushed glass has a lot in common with sand, ...

Solar cell shading an issue for plant growth. Opaque solar cells are known to induce shade avoidance syndrome in plants. This can cause morphological adaptations, including changes in chlorophyll ...

Although the study found that plants can respond to a single touch in negative ways, repeated touching is what causes lasting stunted growth. Plants apparently are looking for patterns in the ...

The plant is a vigorous grower and should send out lots of new shoots that could be in bloom by early summer. A purple firespike species of the same genus also grows locally but flowers during the ...

Requirements for growth. A healthy plant is usually upright with green leaves. Plants need air, light, warmth, water and nutrients to be healthy.. If a plant doesn’t have one of these ...

Scientists have now developed a plant-boosting film, that converts the sun's UV light into more red light. In order to grow big and strong, plants require the red and blue light that are part of ...

The Plant Growth and Phenotyping Facility at the University of Wyoming is an innovative research hub located on the 5 th floor of the Science Initiative Building in the northwest section of the ...