Chloroplasts are special semi-autonomous organelles. They contain the chlorophyll which are essential pigments for harvesting solar energy in photosynthetic systems. Chloroplast's role is multifaceted ...

It is said that 10 to 15% of the world's agricultural production loss is caused by diseases, which is equivalent of the food for about 500 million people. And since 70-80% of this plant disease is ...

Chloroplasts are central integrators of photosynthetic energy transduction and immune signalling in plants. Beyond their role in capturing light for ATP and NADPH production, chloroplasts synthesise ...

Experimental seedlings in the laboratory. UC Davis plant biologists have discovered how chloroplasts, responsible for photosynthesis in green plants, also play a key role in plant immunity to ...

From left, postdoctoral researcher Bidhan Chandra De, chemistry professor Angad Mehta and their colleagues found evidence suggesting that chloroplasts originated as energy-generating organelles and ...

Floating in the waters around Boston and New York is a strange, small green-hued hybrid sea slug: Elysia chlorotica. This unique species has the ability to become plantlike by stealing fully ...