Once stretching across more than 90 million acres of the southeastern United States and much of eastern North Carolina, the longleaf pine is a living emblem of the region’s ecological ...
In a new study published in Nature Genetics, led by Charles Underwood from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, scientists established a system to generate clonal ...
A new study has uncovered the genetic controls behind seed size and yield in yellow horn, a tree species valued for its high-quality oil. Researchers have identified a key gene, XsAP2, which could ...
Seed gene bank helps farmers adapt to climate change Global food supply chains under growing pressure Fighting biodiversity loss key to food security CALI, Colombia, Oct 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...
Dr. Kent Nnadozie, Secretary, FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, calls the ...