If left to their own devices, strawberry runners can ruin slow up a healthy crop. New research aims to find the parts of DNA that control runner growth.

A genetic master map of ancient grasses could be the key to future-proofing global food supplies, according to a new study ...

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 ...

The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) was founded in Ft. Collins, Colorado, in 1958. The ...

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 reveals that these plants ...

Cryopreservation represents a cornerstone technique for the long‐term conservation of plant genetic resources, ensuring the preservation of biodiversity and safeguarding traits vital for future ...

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 ...

Thorns in different plant species have always been an interesting subject for botanists. Be it rose plants or cactus, they ...

Why the Open Source Seed Initiative wants to promote sharing rather than restricting access to the seeds that we grow.

Biological functions, resource availability, and evolutionary processes often play a key role in determining the expression of genetic traits and their correlations. In fact, several plant traits are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of genetics, poses for a photograph circa 1860. Between 1856-1863, Mendel bred almost ...

Researchers have published a simple trick that improves the accuracy of techniques that help us understand how external variables -- such as temperature -- affect gene activity in plants. Researchers ...