Obvious movements of plant organs have fascinated scientists for a long time. They have been studied extensively, but few behavioural studies to date have dealt with them, and hardly anything is known ...

When flowers speak to bees, it’s different from when people chatter, of course. The petals don’t conjugate verbs or use adjectives to tell a bee it looks nice when it flies by, at least not as far as ...

Healthy plants host diverse but taxonomically structured communities of microorganisms, the plant microbiota, that colonize every accessible plant tissue. Plant-associated microbiomes confer fitness ...

Flowers usually have four distinct parts: petals, sepals, stamens and pistils. The petals are usually colorful and attract pollinators. The sepals are green and protect the flower bud. The stamens are ...