Phylogenetic analyses of the chloroplast-encoded rbcL gene m Legummosae are consistent with previous hypotheses in suggesting that the family as a whole is monophyletic, but that only two of its three ...

Researchers have succeeded in the world's first visualization of a peptidoglycan 'wall' present in the chloroplasts of bryophytes (moss plants). Until now, chloroplasts of green plants were considered ...

Photosynthesis takes place before our eyes every day in every single little green leaf -- yet the details of the complex process have not yet been fully understood. A research team has unraveled ...

Annals of Botany, Vol. 110, No. 6, Highlight on Forage Crops (November 2012), pp. 1327-1339 (13 pages) • Background and Aims Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) is the most important forage grass ...

Late blight, caused by P. infestans, remains one of the most devastating diseases in potato production worldwide. Traditional breeding and chemical control often fall short due to the pathogen’s rapid ...

Researchers in Japan and the U.K. have discovered new details of how young leaves build their first chloroplasts, the energy factories of plant cells. The researchers identified a new role for a ...

Regulating the flow of protons across the chloroplast and modulating the activity of its CFo-CF1 adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase protein are key ...

Floating in the waters around Boston and New York is a strange, small green-hued hybrid sea slug: Elysia chlorotica. This unique species has the ability to become plantlike by stealing fully ...