Human-caused global heating from sources such as the transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and energy sectors is threatening a range of crops. Six crops — rice, wheat, maize, potato ...

Wageningen researchers have discovered that a vital plant protein originated more than 600 million years ago, long before the ...

Bacterial DNA isolated from a 120-year-old preserved plant cutting helped reconstruct the history of Pierce’s disease in ...

Results prove that inversions can be generated in plants without causing further unwanted changes in the expression of genetic information.

Apr. 30, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism of oil biosynthesis and found a way to genetically engineer a type of test plant to more ... to manipulate DNA and proteins ...

Crop plants are grown as extensive monocultures, which increases the risk of disease epidemics. Major diseases include mildew, rust, Septoria in cereals, and late blight in potato. These diseases ...

and plants additionally contain chloroplastic DNA. An analysis of fruit trait evolution in cucumbers shows how an APETALA2 (AP2)-like transcription factor regulates both parthenocarpy and bitterness.