Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Chinese researchers have developed a technology that sheds light on how the three-dimensional (3D) organization of plant ...

A US-based biotech company has successfully sequenced the genetic codes of preserved plants, some of which date back more ...

Jermall Charlo says Caleb Plant "looks old" for 32, and he feels he lacks the power to beat him when they meet up later this year. Charlo (33-0, 22 KO) and ...

In recent developments in a years-long conflict over Canadian-bred cherries, the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has vacated ...

Four Top 100 operations that host grower and consumer plant trials outline their new plans for the coming year.

Genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) offers a powerful tool to accelerate the improvement of crops and livestock, enabling more efficient, precise, and ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

Plants that reproduce exclusively by self-pollination arise from populations with extremely low diversity to begin with. Kobe ...

When an altered form of a virus is injected into a banana sapling, the virus' genetic material quickly becomes a permanent part of the plant's cells ... products. For example, Australian ...

A new study has investigated the genetic history of roses ... Cultivars can be made by cross-breeding parent plants, for one example, though there are other methods. The many cultivars of roses have ...

For example, when a newly evolved form of stem ... of the availability of the N.P.G.S.’s extensive collections of plant genetic resources. Such collections are the raw materials for plant ...