Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

A research team has discovered a new tissue in plants that plays an essential role in seed formation by regulating the flow of nutrients into the seed. The team used their findings to increase the ...

As the global population grows, the demand for food and energy is increasing even as extreme weather events make crops more ...

Brazilian Fish has set out its plans to use the latest genetic technology to improve its farmed tilapia, with the help of US ...

Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues.

Grasslanz chief technical officer John Caradus says co-existence between genetically modified and non-genetically modified ...

The prospects for a one-time treatment that reduces the risk of heart disease for the rest of a person’s life just got ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there ...

Northeastern University researchers resurrected an extinct plant gene, turning back the evolutionary clock to pave a path ...

In food crops, methods that introduce genes for desirable traits from other species have seen more opposition than techniques ...

In a new development, researchers have successfully created an efficient two-line system for hybrid seed production in ...