Plants have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to perceive and respond to light, thereby orchestrating a complex network of gene regulation that influences growth, development and stress adaptation.

Plants have no visual organs, so how do they know where light comes from? In an original study combining expertise in biology and engineering, the team led by Prof Christian Fankhauser at UNIL, in ...

Researchers have identified key structures in photosensitive plant tissue that allow them to determine the direction of light, leading to positive phototropism. A recent research collaboration between ...