Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard ...

New genomic techniques can increase food security and mitigate climate change effects. EU rules aim to regulate these plant ...

Scientists have identified genes that control tomato and eggplant size, paving the way for bigger, tastier, and more ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully executed a practical trial of a new genome-editing technique that allows ...

Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your ...

The decision reinstates unscientific regulation of new plant varieties, contradicting not only decades of experimentation, ...

Tobacco kills 8 million people worldwide every year, but imagine if it could be used to make medicine. The idea isn't unheard of - tobacco has been ...

A pioneering study has uncovered the role of a key gene, PtrPAT1, in boosting cold tolerance in citrus plants by regulating ...

Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard to prevent them from mobilizing and re-inserting into the genome.

"By allowing untested and unlabelled GM plants to be released into the environment and onto our plates, they are putting both people and nature at risk" – Save Our Seeds ...