April 3 : Bill Gates has announced a donation of 26.8 million dollars (US) over the next three years for research into curbing a killer wheat fungus, which might cause mass starvation in India

April 1 : A new research has helped to discover how plants counter attack pathogens, which could potentially lead to crops with enhanced disease resistance.

March 29 : A new research has revealed that electric shocks can make plants produce more chemicals, which could be used to help increase yields of commercially useful biologicals.

December 22 : Cornell University researchers have proved a theory of how several plants transport sugars from their leaves to flowers, roots, fruits, and other parts of their

Nov 22 : Researchers have discovered how plants protect their leaves from damage by sunlight when they are faced with extreme climates.

Nov 21 : Two new studies have revealed the ripening secrets of grapevine by offering a range of new genetic information on fruit ripening for the economically vital fruit crop.

Nov 21 : Carnivorous plants were thought to supplement their diet by capturing prey with a simple passive trap, but a new study has found that they employ slimy secretions to doom their

Nov 16 : Researchers have shed more light on how stationary organisms like plants cope

November 11 : Researchers at the University of Illinois have devised a new method to

Nov 5 : Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that two common dietary