Difficult places like deserts, mountains, or polar regions serve as true natural reserves for plant biodiversity. Since these locations are highly demanding and selective, only...
In environments where the soils are particularly poor in nitrogen and phosphorus, such as bogs or certain marshy areas, conventional plants struggle to obtain enough...
In many Eastern cultures, the lotus is a sacred flower primarily because it grows in mud without ever becoming soiled: it remains always impeccable and...
Cross-pollination occurs when the pollen from one plant fertilizes a different plant, allowing for the mixing of their genes. This mixture creates numerous new genetic...
Carnivorous plants have adapted due to a very particular environment: soils low in certain essential nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus. As they could not find...
When you look closely at your tomato plants, you often see lots of tiny hairs that give the leaves their fuzzy appearance. These hairs, called...
Tropical forests play a crucial role in the production of oxygen through a simple phenomenon: photosynthesis. During this process, plants absorb sunlight, take in carbon...
Algae, and in particular microalgae, have a superpower: they naturally produce highly energetic vegetable oils in their cells. Some species can contain up to 50...
About 10,000 years ago, humans began to domesticate grains such as wheat and barley. Instead of running around to hunt, they thought: why not grow...
Light plays a crucial role in the life of a leaf, mainly because it enables photosynthesis, the process that provides plants with energy and food...
