The flowers are insect pollinated, and various thistle species are widely known as important food sources for butterflies, as ...

Horticulture specialists Luke van Adrichem of Metazet, Paul van Dijck of Harmoniz, and Pim van Adrichem of HortiTech founded ...

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari has underscored the important role of modern biotechnology ...

Singh was born May 1, 1944, and came from a very modest background in a small village in India where, until high school, he ...

Grist reports on how, as global temperatures rise and seasons shift, bees and other pollinators are missing critical ...

As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you've had a run-in with ...

Tomatoes, a staple crop worldwide, are increasingly threatened by biotic stressors such as viruses, fungi, and bacteria, with ...

Phenotypic plasticity enables plants to adjust their physical traits in response to environmental variations, playing a vital ...

As any avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with ...

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To combat many greenhouse conditions that encourage the spread of disease, breeders are developing disease-resistant varieties.

For thousands of years, plant breeders have taken advantage of these variations to create high-yielding crop varieties. Two recent developments have changed the landscape further. The advent of gene ...