Immune priming has been reported in different plants species, ranging from short-lived annuals, such as thale cress ...

Research published in New Phytologist provides insights into why the invasive plant Japanese knotweed is so successful at ...

Liberia is losing its forest largely due to logging, shifting agriculture, and burning of charcoal. According to Global Forest Watch, “From 2002 to 2023, Liberia lost 347,000 hectares of humid primary ...

Across southeastern Liberia, oil palms grow wild in the forest. Known as “country palm,” the Elaeis guineensis tree is native ...

In a new study, scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains—one of the ...

Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive acidification leads to growth inhibition ...

The military exposed thousands of servicemen to radioactivity when it called them to participate in nuclear weapons tests, ...

Now is a good month to plant early potatoes and sow hardier veg like beetroot direct outdoors. Hardy annuals such as cornflowers and poppies can also now be sown direct outside, where they are to ...

Mchinji district director of planning and development Martin Pindankono has underscored the importance of taking care of tree ...