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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. Precise DNA ...

Representative image showing the variation in canker lesion lengthson redbud stems among different treatments: (A) wound-only control;(B) nontreated ...

'Our new but simple method is far more effective and can now be applied to a much wider range of plant species than our original approach' Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, have been ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says poinsettia plants can be kept like houseplants until it is warm enough to put them ...

It's a long game developing the kiwifruit of the future - up to 25 years from concept to shop shelf. Fruit that thrive in a ...

Peat is used as a growing media for food and ornamental plant production, which is expected to increase by fourfold in the future (Blok et al., 2021). While the extraction of peat contributes to ...

Plant reproduction is highly complex and variable across the kingdom. The emergence of sexual reproduction has contributed to increase plant genetic diversity and enabled the colonisation of new ...

In the Shida Evaluation Garden, visitors get a first-hand look at the latest plant varieties being trialled for their ...