Researchers from Kyushu University have developed a new numerical model to explain the behavior of sunlight under various weather conditions. Unlike previous methods that focused on how plants ...

Left: on sunny days, the sun shines directly and mainly reach the top leaves. Right: on cloudy days, sunlight is scattered in all directions, which allows lower leaves to receive more light.

Plants are often seen as passive organisms, rooted in one place and largely unable to react to the world around them. But a new field of research is challenging these assumptions and showing that ...

Plants perceive light not only as an energy source but also as an environmental signal that shapes their growth, development and survival. Variations in light quality—particularly the ratio of red to ...