In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later.

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

Jatropha curcas is a perennial woody plant species of the Euphorbiaceae family. This drought-resistant shrub is widely ...

James Schnable, Nebraska Corn Presidential Chair and professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of ...

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have identified a bacterial genus that promotes root growth and ...

As the human population continues to explode, the need for efficient crop growth also expands. While there have been great strides in plant genetics and modification, there is still much to be learned ...

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 ...

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Researchers discovered hybrid combinations capable of overcoming hybrid lethality and producing numerous offspring using ...