Genetic diversity underpins the resilience and adaptability of plant species, informing both conservation efforts and crop improvement programmes. Recent advances in molecular markers have enabled ...

In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: ...

Rising day and night temperatures are threatening rice, wheat, and maize production by disrupting plant growth, grain filling ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive process down from months to weeks. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) is a German research institution focused on plant science, particularly in the areas of genetics, genomics, and crop improvement.

Proposed model of SA/ABA antagonism. The bar chart depicts the changes in transcript abundance of the PR1 and WRKY18 genes in tea plants treated with ABA and asOND. Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of ...

The decision reinstates unscientific regulation of new plant varieties, contradicting not only decades of experimentation, application, and deliberation, but also common sense. The use of molecular ...

CARBONDALE — Khalid Meksem, a distinguished professor of genome biotechnology and genetics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is one of 12 scientists named a 2025 Researcher to Know by the ...

An international research team has discovered the oldest known marine plant using a novel genetic clock. This 1400-year-old seagrass clone from the Baltic Sea dates back to the Migration Period. The ...

Triterpenoid saponins are key bioactive compounds responsible for the medicinal value of many plants, yet how plants regulate the balance between saponin production and sterol biosynthesis has ...

Founded in 2019 as Terpene Belt Farms, the company expanded its scope in 2025 and began operating as Nexus Agriscience following the acquisition of Biotech Institute's hemp division. By combining ...