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From mushrooms to mildews, fungi form the webs of life. Botany faculty and students are working to expand our knowledge of their roles and powers.

Botany PhD student Lena Vincent pursues the biggest question in her research on the chemical origins of life.

If scientists could add a trait like this to crops or drug-producing plants, it could help them produce more chemicals naturally while reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

“There are very few places on the globe where you have the collection of expertise with fungi that we have at UW–Madison,” says Anne Pringle. She and Ken Cameron are featured in an exploration of …

A new decade-long study by University of Wisconsin­–Madison researchers, including Botany’s Ken Keefover-Ring, reveals how aspen stands change their genetic structure over the years as trees balance defending themselves from pests with growth to compete for sunlight. The findings are valuable for conservation biologists who want to preserve diverse forest ecosystems in the face of global warming, invasive species and other environmental changes.

Dear alumni, It has been an honor for me to serve as the Chair of Botany and Director of Conservation Biology for the past four years.  As my term comes to an end I find …

Professor Donna Fernandez writes, “I’ve always felt privileged to be in a department where you can be a plant geek unapologetically, in whatever form that takes.” And the unapologetic plant geeks of the Department of …

Each year UW-Madison’s College of Letters and Science recognizes a single member of the L&S Academic Staff with the Judith Craig Distinguished Service Award. The recipient must have at least 15 years of service and …