The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.

Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....

Adopting crops and agricultural practices that help sustain yield under abiotic stress will be a major element of future food security under climate change. However, little of the intensive research ...

While plants provide some of the most interesting cases for individuality-related problems in philosophy of biology (e.g., Clarke 2012; Gerber 2018), no work has examined plant individuality through s...

University of Plymouth PhD studentship: This project will provide an unprecedented multi-factorial understanding of drought stress physiology that will...

More than 150 Nobel and World Food prize laureates sign open letter calling for immediate ramping up of food production

This PhD project aims to compare artificial and realistic salt stress protocols in wheat, rice, and broad bean to identify salinity-related damages and...