Potatoes are a staple food for over 1.3 billion people. But despite their importance for global food security, breeding ...

Researchers from LMU and the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research have reconstructed the genomes of ten historic ...

A research team has decoded the genome of historic potato cultivars and used this resource to develop an efficient method for analysis of hundreds of additional potato genomes.

NASA's SpaceX 32nd commercial resupply services mission, scheduled to lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in ...

Some of the most popular potato cultivars were bred many decades ago. The reason for this limited success is the complex ...

These golden roots are packed with beta-carotene, a natural anti-aging powerhouse that supports youthful skin, sharp vision, and overall vitality.

Now is the time to apply pre-emergent herbicides to prevent weed seeds from developing and growing into mature plants in our lawns. Some of these weed seeds includes annual crabgrass and goosegrass, ...

Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences that protect the ends of chromosomes, which become shorter every time a cell divides and serve as markers of plant survivability. Understanding how space ...

In terms of food factors that may help improve egg quality, most of the research is centered around the Mediterranean diet, ...

When the researchers looked at human data, they found the same trend. Men who had lost more Y chromosomes were more likely to ...

Research suggests that stress accelerates the shortening of telomeres—the protective caps at the ends of our chromosomes—and this shortening ... elderly people are given something as simple as a plant ...

Both winter and spring camelina might be on the cusp of better varieties to help boost production of the oilseed in Western ...