Trofim Lysenko rose from relative obscurity to dominate Soviet agricultural science under Joseph Stalin. Rejecting ...

Scientists have long sought to understand why some plants are fragrant powerhouses while others remain subtle. Now, a ...

Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's ...

Imagine a small fruit that tastes like a cross between a tomato and a pineapple, wrapped in its own natural paper lantern. That's the groundcherry (Physalis grisea) -- a little-known relative of ...

New study reveals a key melon gene that controls fruit length, unlocking smarter breeding and potential nutritional gains.

James Schnable, Nebraska Corn presidential chair and professor of agronomy and horticulture at the University of ...

The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an international research collaboration has used genomics, bioinformatics and ...

Sugarcane, a crucial worldwide food and bioenergy crop, accounts for approximately 80% of the world's sugar production, with its largest cultivation in Brazil and India. As the 5th largest crop by ...

Hybridization between domestic animals and wildlife is a growing concern worldwide, particularly as feral pigs and wild boar ...