Plant biology | UC Davis

A man with short brown hair and a short beard examines an ear of corn surrounded by corn stalks.

A Mixed Origin Made Maize Successful

by Andy Fell
November 30, 2023

A woman with short brown hair and glasses wearing a white lab coat looks at some sunflowers in a brightly lit indoor setting.

How Sunflowers See the Sun

by Andy Fell
October 31, 2023

Green seedlings grow in a circular plastic dish on a lab bench.

Chloroplasts Do More Than Photosynthesis: They’re Also a Key Player in Plant Immunity

by Liana Wait
October 25, 2023

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Genome Study Shows Recent Spread of Eelgrass

by Andy Fell
July 21, 2023

Circadian Clock Controls Sunflower Blooms, Optimizing for Pollinators

by Andy Fell
January 17, 2023

Green rice plants in paddy fields with palm trees in the background.

Rice Breeding Breakthrough to Feed Billions

by Andy Fell
January 10, 2023

A mass of mung bean sprouts growing vertically with a light blue background.

First Complete Structures of Plant Respiratory Proteins

by Andy Fell
January 03, 2023

A stand of poplar trees seen from ground level looking up, against a blue sky

Understanding Growth Regulation by Protein Degradation in Trees for Bioenergy

by Andy Fell
September 14, 2022

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Unlocked Enzyme Structure Shows How Strigolactone Hormone Controls Plant Growth

by Andy Fell
April 28, 2022

Molecular model of enzyme, pea plant and some smoke

Plant Smoke Detectors Evolve as Hormone Sensors

by Andy Fell
February 11, 2022

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Study Challenges Evolutionary Theory That DNA Mutations Are Random

by Emily C. Dooley
January 12, 2022

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Breeding Plants With Genes From 1 Parent

by Andy Fell
November 19, 2021

Why Sunflowers Face East

by Andy Fell
August 10, 2021

Two male scientists with rice plants in a greenhouse.

Drought Changes Root Microbiome

by Andy Fell
July 22, 2021

Three Grants for Biofuels Research

by Andy Fell
June 29, 2021

Discovery Increases Likelihood of Growing Food Despite Drought

by Jules Bernstein
May 18, 2021

Patrick Shih in laboratory

Plant Biologist Awarded Packard Fellowship

by Andy Fell
October 15, 2020

Study Finds Missing Link in the Evolutionary History of Carbon-Fixing Protein Rubisco

by Greg Watry
August 31, 2020

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Forgoing the GMO Footprint: First Steps to Using Viruses for Gene Editing in Plants

by Greg Watry
June 01, 2020

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Innovation Award to Find Disease-Fighting Plant Compounds

by Greg Watry
April 09, 2020

What’s It Take to Win Grad Slam? An Earful

by Andy Fell
May 14, 2019

Scientist looks at plant roots

Gene Network Lets Plant Roots Handle Nitrogen

by Andy Fell
October 24, 2018

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