Looking out at a frosty landscape, it's hard to remember the lushness summer brings. That's why we love the influx of plant catalogs this time of year with their photos of vibrant blooms and produce.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of noncoding small endogenous RNAs with lengths of ∼22 nucleotides (nt) that have been shown to regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional levels by targeting ...

Drumroll, please: Announcing the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2014. It's an upright and robust member of the switchgrass family (Panicum virgatum) known commonly as Northwind. Before a plant can be ...

Researchers used an advanced proteomic techniques to identify 1,750 unique proteins in shoots of switchgrass, a native prairie grass viewed as one of the most promising of all the plants that could be ...

Mass field collections and plants grown under various environmental conditions were analyzed to determine the extent of the morphological differences occurring between upland and lowland types of ...

Shelby Anneman picked up a shovel at Nay Aug Park and dug a hole for a pot of Panicum switchgrass. “This is going to look good,” the 10-year-old said Wednesday, as she placed the plant in the ground.

Even the most incurious observer will have noticed the growing calls for a move away from fossil fuel dependence for our energy needs. A host of interrelated issues make this one of the most pressing ...

In a side-by-side comparison, miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus) grass has been shown to be a more productive bioenergy source than switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), according to research presented at ...

If advanced biofuels are to replace gasoline, diesel and jet fuel on a gallon-for-gallon basis at competitive pricing, we're going to need a new generation of fuel crops - plants designed specifically ...