Plant Biology

The Ecological Society of America has named Wendy H. Yang, a professor of plant biology and geology at Illinois, as an Early Career Fellow.

College of LAS program supports promising assistant professors

What does a sexist Google engineer teach us about women in science?

Prominent ranking is based upon how often their research is cited

Several institutions to benefit from $16 million grant to research photosynthesis and water use efficiency

Researchers at the U. of I. found that plants vary a lot in the efficiency with which they uptake carbon dioxide and conserve water. Plant biology professor Andrew Leakey, left, mentored Kevin Wolz, who was an undergraduate at the time he conducted the research. Wolz now holds degrees in civil...

 

The world’s oldest fossil mushroom was preserved in limestone, an extraordinarily rare event, researchers say.

Donald Ort is among four University of Illinois professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year.

Using computer model simulations, scientists have predicted that modern soybean crops produce more leaves than they need to the detriment of yield—a problem made worse by rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. They tested their prediction by removing about one third of the emerging leaves on soybeans...