Graduate student Arjun Ojha Kshetry and colleagues combined two key genes: WIND1, which reprograms cells near a wound, and ...

Bambara groundnut is emerging as a vital legume due to its nutritional richness, resilience to harsh climates and adaptability to low-input agriculture. Wide-ranging genetic diversity across landraces ...

Discover how a novel acceleration technique allows for the creation of transgenic and gene-edited crops without tissue ...

Accelerates Crop Innovation: Cuts months off the process of developing gene-edited crops, speeding up the path from gene discovery to field-ready varieties. Expands Accessibility: Reduces reliance on ...

Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.

A panel of seven former U.S. Department of Agriculture secretaries representing Republican and Democratic presidents alike spoke in favor of genetic engineering and large, corporate farms at a Feb. 23 ...

A $4.5 million investment in the most high-tech crop measuring equipment and infrastructure available will see Australian ...

Researchers at Cranfield University are working on a new project to speed up genetic engineering in plants, accelerating innovations that will improve crops around the world. Focusing on the tomato ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers interested in improving a given trait in plants can now identify the genes that regulate the trait’s expression without doing any experiments. The Purdue-USDA team ...

An official with the Kansas Crop Improvement Association encourages the state’s farmers to look for signs of a wild triticale hybrid found recently in wheat fields. Marion Spiering, the manager of ...