TAHITI couples CRISPR with transposable elements from plants to edit cash crops such as corn and soybean with reduced ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

A chromosome glitch in beetleweed reveals how genome doubling can drive rapid plant evolution and create new species in real ...

Anthracnose, caused by the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, poses a major threat to global tea production.

"Almost every single land plant is using this principle." Scientists are shooting plants with lasers to unravel mysteries of ...

Many plants, and a few other organisms, can expedite diversification even further by doubling their number of chromosomes. This process is called autopolyploidy, and under the right conditions, it can ...

MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — 22nd Century Group Inc. (XXII) on Tuesday reported a loss of $4.3 million in its first quarter. The Mocksville, North Carolina-based company said it had ...

The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create a web ...

Tomatoes, like many crops, often face growth challenges under limited nitrogen and water conditions. A new study reveals that ...

Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, globally acclaimed as the “Father of Plant Genomics in India” and “Father of Agri-Nanotechnology in the World,” has achieved a remarkable milestone by editing 200 scientific ...

The Department of Biology provides the student with opportunities to obtain a broad foundation of biological knowledge and to pursue the study of a particular area of biology through upper-division ...

We are researchers at different research institutions with expertise in plant biotechnology. We have worked together for nearly 20 years in Ghana, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Australia and the United ...