Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases – the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

For the first time, KIT researchers managed to reduce the number of chromosomes in a plant by fusing two chromosomes. (Illustration: Michelle Rönspies ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

Green MEP Martin Häusling warns that the Parliament's rapporteur is going rogue in her support for deregulation ...

Without GMO-free seeds, a GMO-free agricultural and food industry is not possible. Yet there has been little discussion of ...

The European Union is pushing to advance legislation by the end of the year that would update the bloc’s framework for ...

PCR method that precisely detects gene expression in specific cell types of tea plant (Camellia sinensis) roots.

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering weed that has served as the staple laboratory plant for decades. Arabidopsis tolerates experimental disruptions in epigenetic modifications better than human ...

Moss has the potential to provide food for astronauts of the future, according to a study that exposed one of Earth's oldest ...

Salvia miltiorrhiza has long been used in traditional medicine, with tanshinones being its main active compounds.