Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.

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

Chinese scientists, in collaboration with international research institutions, have launched a global project to explore the evolutionary history of plants and unlock genetic resources critical for ...

Researchers discovered hybrid combinations capable of overcoming hybrid lethality and producing numerous offspring using ...

Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions.

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...

A new study says genetic testing can speed the return of the American chestnut tree that once dominated Eastern U.S. forests.

Domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the nuclear disaster offer lessons in wildlife genetics and invasive species management.

Kerstin Wolff of Maiwald explains how the EU’s provisional agreement on plants generated by new genomic techniques divides them into two categories, opening the market while preserving patent and regu ...