In a rapidly changing climate landscape, the plants we rely on for food, textiles and more face a multitude of challenges, ...

Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest Service have found that plants living in areas where human activity has caused population crashes carry long-lasting genetic traces of ...

A genetic master map of ancient grasses could be the key to future-proofing global food supplies, according to a new study revealing why some crops are naturally better at surviving climate change ...

SAN DIEGO — New research published in the journal Nature is shedding light on an alarming loss in biodiversity amongst animals in the wild. It’s the first comprehensive global analysis of genetic ...

According to a study from McGill University, plants collected centuries ago and preserved, flattened, in herbaria around the ...

Identifying genes that promote plant resilience and plasticity in response to biotic and abiotic stress is essential to ensure future global food security. In this context, genome-wide genetic screens ...

A team at Washington University traced how plants gained duplicate DNA-control enzymes that evolved into new functions, boosting their ability to handle stress. The finding shows how a single genetic ...

Genomic prediction has become central to human, animal and plant biology, enabling quantitative inference of how genetic variation shapes complex traits. Although these domains share statistical ...

1. Amichai Berman (School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at Tel Aviv University), the PhD student leading the research. Researchers: “Genetic editing in crop plants is a complex process. Our ...

AMES, Iowa – An Iowa State University agronomist has helped uncover the genetic mechanisms in sorghum plants that allow hybrids to perform better than parent varieties, a process known as heterosis.

New University of Delaware faculty member Jesus Beltran grew up in a small town in Colombia. He was always fascinated by nature and agriculture. The South American town depended on coffee plantations, ...

A flower of orange jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) in a remnant wet meadow, one of the field sites in this study, in Wisconsin, USA. Researchers at McGill University and the United States Forest ...