St. Louis is a plant science powerhouse, but outside the neatly tended rows of crops and gleaming greenhouses sits another ...

Every spring, millions of people around the world head outdoors to admire wildflowers. But flowering is much more than a ...

Craig Brodersen, who has led groundbreaking research and provided exceptional leadership in the field of plant physiological ecology, was recently appointed the Howard and Maryam Newman Professor of ...

Is it possible for plants to have personalities? And why is it important if they do?

Plant-soil feedbacks arise from the bidirectional influence between vegetation and the soil environment, encompassing biotic and abiotic processes that shape community composition, productivity and ...

A stealthy, destructive weed — the sycamore maple — began its “don’t worry, just love me” phase of invading Great Britain so long ago that the tree didn’t have what we’d call a scientific name. The ...

Plants, as the base for ecological food chains, serve as the structural and functional foundation of natural and managed systems. The study of plant science and biotechnology provides opportunity in a ...

In Mediterranean ecosystems, characterised by mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers, invasive plants pose a significant threat to native biodiversity, ecosystem function and landscape resilience.

This integrative study area allows students to investigate the relationships of organisms to their environment and those factors that affect their distribution and abundance. Both the practical and ...