What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

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 ...

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have determined the genetic lineage of a now extinct plant population from ...

Seed libraries continue to grow in popularity as gardeners learn the fun, cost savings and unique seeds they offer.

Flowering plants are masters at producing terpenes, the largest and most structurally diverse group of natural compounds, which influence everything ...

Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how ...

The recent discovery of plant life deep underground is causing a stir in the scientific community, as it challenges ...

Differentiating between the role genetics, weather, and management factors play in high performing corn silage is important ...

Despite their fundamental differences, plants, animals, and fungi share certain metabolic processes. Biologists at the U.S.

In an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian, Morris Arboretum Executive Director William Cullina said the lab fills a ...

Researchers have discovered that plants may be able to control the genetics of their intimate root symbionts - the organism with which they live in symbiosis - thereby providing a better understanding ...

These are exciting, not to say turbulent, times in plant genetics. After a shaky start, large-scale efforts are underway to study the genetics of Arabidopsis thaliana, the favoured model organism of ...