According to a long-running court case between the Canadian government and a few Washington fruit businesses, it requires ...

Precision breeding has revolutionized the field of crop improvement, with ornamental plants benefitting significantly from ...

Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food ...

Maize is a globally cultivated staple crop and one of the most successful examples of heterosis utilization in food production. The development of ...

The authors collected a total of 2,430 inbred lines derived from elite commercial hybrids and 503 inbred lines from natural ...

The suspect, a man from Vancouver, British Columbia, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after advanced DNA testing helped authorities link him to the crime. Lawrence Diehl ...

Scientists uncover how genetic factors influence reproductive ... Studies have linked reproductive lifespan and markers with longevity and aging. There are associations between early menopause ...

This year's data on overall numbers, number of species breeding and wetland area—three of the four major markers of waterbird health—have also continued to show significant long-term declines ...

He worked closely with Joanne Chory. Joanne Chory was a pioneering biologist and geneticist whose work transformed modern molecular plant biology. Her early discoveries on how plants sense and ...

DNA from bones and teeth of these early human ancestors is helping scientists understand the interactions between early Homo sapiens and the Neanderthals they encountered after migrating out of Africa ...

Introduction: Functional rhizosphere microbiomes (FRM) are critical for plant health and yield. However, the ecological succession of FRM and their links to plant genetic factors across the life cycle ...