The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center is home to several specialists researching crops and livestock. Research technologists and technicians assist ...

"We can simulate the environment with our model." Startup revolutionizes antiquated farming practices with never-before-seen ...

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...

The Midwest Apple Improvement Association develops new apple varieties specifically suited to the region’s unique growing ...

SEK 100 million ($106 million) in a new facility in Svalöv to make its plant breeding operations more efficient and future-ready. The investment builds on Lantmännen’s specialist expertise and ...

Scientists have established a system to generate clonal sex cells in tomato plants and used them to design the genomes of offspring. The fertilization of a clonal egg from one parent by a clonal sperm ...

A new software tool with enhanced genome-sequencing powers has been developed, increasing the speed and accuracy at which researchers can improve plants through breeding. A new software tool with ...

It’s that time of year again when we wander through our perhaps tired gardens and think and dream about what we might want to rearrange, change or add for the ...

Nearly three dozen Nobel laureates have joined more than 1,000 scientists in urging members of the European Parliament to embrace science-based gene editing technology. New Genomic Techniques, they ...