A plant named Virectaria stellata has genetic traits foreign to its family, challenging the classic rules of plant ...

Plants are quietly borrowing tricks from bacteria, repurposing foreign genes to build complex molecules that look a lot like ...

Mutations drive evolution, but they can also be risky. New research led by plant biologists at UC Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how plants ...

For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we've bred and cherry-picked tomatoes with our preferred traits. Today, ...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but the tiny microbes living on and around rice plants may be just as ...

Induced mutagenesis has emerged as a pivotal tool in plant biology, enabling the deliberate generation of genetic variation to elucidate gene function and drive crop improvement. By employing chemical ...

Autoflower seeds are cannabis seeds that flower based on age instead of light cycles. Regular cannabis plants need specific hours of darkness to start flowering, autoflowers just do it automatically ...

Innovative plant breeding programmes using safe and proven nuclear techniques are vital for enhancing food security and sustainable agriculture. For nearly 60 years, the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of ...