As we enter the heart of July and the back half of the 2025 growing season, producers are looking to protect their crops to ...

Plants, like other organisms, can be severely affected by heat stress. To increase their chances of survival, they activate the heat shock response, a molecular pathway also employed by human and ...

In fact, they can start to show signs of heat stress when it’s 90°F or above for long periods of time. Here’s how to recognize the signs of heat stress, and how to help your plants recover ...

Plant ecologist Associate Professor Andy Leigh's research focuses on how plants withstand heat stress, to develop strategies that enhance plant survival, promote ecosystem stability, and ...