Oats are having a moment. As a highly nutritious cereal crop with well-documented health benefits, it's no surprise oat-based ...
URBANA, Ill. – In the race against world hunger, we’re running out of time. By 2050, the global population will have grown and urbanized so much that we will need to produce 87 percent more of the ...
University of Minnesota soybean breeders are working to increase oil content in soybeans from around 22% to closer to 30%, a ...
The use of haploid induction in crop breeding offers a transformative approach to accelerating the development of new, highly uniform cultivars. By generating plants with a single set of chromosomes ...
Roots play a vital role in crop plants. They take up water and nutrients for the plant and keep it help firmly in the ground. But not all roots are the same. Roots play a vital role in crop plants.
Senators were warned Wednesday that the EPA’s new regulations for plant-incorporated protectants will slow the breeding of new fruit and vegetable varieties that are more resistant to pests and ...
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Farmers issue warning as staple crops become increasingly difficult to grow: 'We lost nearly 40%'
A series of devastating frosts, hailstorms, and record-breaking heatwaves has wiped out major portions of the country's ...
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Why Chocolate Is So Expensive (And How Researchers Might Put A Stop To Rising Prices)
Chocolate prices have been rising due to complications in the supply chain, but Penn State researchers have made a ...
Scientists are a step closer to breeding plants with genes from only one parent. New research led by plant biologists at UC Davis shows the underlying mechanism behind eliminating half the genome and ...
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