Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

A portfolio shift balancing grower performance with consumer flavor and quality.

How AI foundation models trained on DNA could transform plant biology ...

New study shows that plants evolve in under five years, but extreme heat still pushes many populations toward extinction.

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants. Their study, recently published in the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Humanity's efforts to modify food plants is as old as farming itself, some 10,000 years. Before genetic engineering became possible, farmers have used simple selection inter- and ...

Traditional varieties of Chilean blueberries are being replaced by new genetics, while production systems are moving toward ...

Tools like CRISPR-Cas9 are creating new opportunities for innovation in St. Louis, as well as risks around IP protection and regulation.

Plant genetics and breeding are at the heart of sustainable agriculture, food security, and biodiversity conservation. As global challenges such as climate change, population growth, and shifting ...

UC Davis graduate student Jeffrey Groh has discovered how walnut trees are able to produce flowers of different sexes at different times in the same season. The genetic mechanism is similar to sex ...