Federal research funding cuts threaten UC Davis discoveries in health, agriculture and technology that improve lives ...

University of Maryland researchers discovered the gene that makes a rare form of wheat grow three ovaries per flower instead ...

A new study introduces a universal two-stage method that successfully segments plant stems and leaves across both ...

The University of Florida will now host the USDA-funded Breeding Insight program. Breeding Insight uses AI and advanced computing to accelerate the development of new crops and animal breeds. UF was ...

Volvo Cars is strengthening its presence in the United States with new investments at its Ridgeville plant outside Charleston, South Carolina. The Swedish automaker announced plans to build a ...

North America's mammoth species were breeding together within the past 40,000 years. Fossil teeth found in Canada show that Columbian and wooly mammoths regularly had calves together where the ...

Rice (Oryza sativa. L) is a staple crop globally, but blast disease caused by fungal pathogens Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most devastating and results in severe economic losses in rice ...

The Scarlet Sunrise is a new, crack-resistant grape tomato variety developed by researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Peter Nitzsche Nothing beats biting into a juicy, fresh-off-the-vine ...

Enhancing the rate of genetic gain in plant breeding program is critical to address global food security in the face of climate change and a growing population. Rapid cycling genomic selection offers ...

NEW YORK — Hyundai Motor Co.’s chief executive said hybrid assembly will be incorporated into the company’s electric vehicle factory near Savannah as part of a wave of expedited investment planned for ...

One of the limiting factors in breeding and genetic research is the time required to develop pure lines. This is due, on the one hand, to the prolonged vegetative period of a single generation and, on ...

Long before bourbon dominated the liquor market, rye whiskey reigned supreme. Now, a Midwestern distiller is teaming up with scientists to bring back a long-gone type of grain and turn it into spicy, ...