Oct. 10, 2024 — Biologists have curated the red milkweed beetle's genome and its arsenal of genes related to plant-feeding and other biological traits. They sequenced and assembled the entire ...
Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture. This ...
Plant ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology focussed on the distribution and abundance of plants, and their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Wood density is an important ...
Strictly speaking, trees and shrubs are perennials, but we tend to think of perennials as long-lived plants. Perennials mostly flower in spring, summer or autumn, with a handful blooming in winter, ...