Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the ...

How does a tiny molecule help shape the future of global food security? Researchers from the University of Tasmania have provided new insights into auxin, a master plant hormone, and its vital role in ...

However, certain bacteria can hack this system. Another key player in this evolutionary back-and-forth are plant hormones ...

In a stem, the cells on the shaded side contain more auxin and grow longer than the cells on the light side. This causes the stem to grow towards the light. It is vital to note that the plant does ...

which means the root grows away from the light. Auxins are chemicals that control the growth of plants by promoting cell division and causing elongation in plant cells (the cells get longer).