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

Tomato fruit size, a trait that strongly influences market value and yield, is governed by intricate developmental processes.

High-quality genome assemblies and CRISPR editing were used in goldenberries to generate more compact and manageable plants.

The EU has agreed allow certain foods altered using genetic engineering techniques to be sold without special labeling under ...

Plants have developed an extraordinary ability to synthesize a diverse array of secondary metabolites. These compounds are ...

EU lawmakers have been locked in intense negotiations for months on loosening rules on the use of new genetic technologies in ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Powdery mildew poses a major threat to black currant production, yet some cultivars naturally withstand infection far better ...

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

References to genetically modified food from supermarkets in the EU could soon be a thing of the past: An agreement has been reached in Brussels to ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...