Those moments when you feel fall is coming are truly special. The air sharpens, the shadows stretch, and trees seem to “yawn” as they pull back their energy and prepare for a seasonal nap. While most ...

Winter in eastern Idaho brings freezing temperatures, snow, and a seemingly lifeless landscape, but your plants are not dead.

That brown, leafless plant you’ve been staring at all winter may not be gone; it may just be dormant. Before you pull it out ...

Key Takeaways Look for new leaves, shoots, or buds as clear signs your plant is entering its growing season.Spring growth ...

Crocuses push through a later March snow in 2022. Winter dormancy protects plants during cold periods. If temperatures get warm enough to coax plants out of this state, a subsequent frost could be ...

Epigenetics confers a survival advantage in plants to endure harsh weather by inducing bud dormancy. Environmental factors or intrinsic signals trigger the transition between growth and dormancy.

Potatoes don't sprout by accident—timing is everything. A newly identified microRNA, named stu-miR319c, has been found to play a pivotal role in telling potato tubers when to break dormancy and start ...

Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familiar when applied to humans, turns out to be true for ...