Prof. Chittaranjan Kole, globally acclaimed as the “Father of Plant Genomics in India” and “Father of Agri-Nanotechnology in the World,” has achieved a remarkable milestone by editing 200 scientific ...

This story originally appeared in the April 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. The Eberly College of Science’s Buckhout ...

Thornless, disease-resistant, and tastier blackberries could be on the horizon—thanks to new genetic research from the ...

Plant breeding plays a vital role in ensuring global food security by increasing crop yields, improving nutritional quality ...

Plant tissue culture technology stands at the forefront of agricultural biotechnology, offering remarkable capabilities for advancing plant research through ...

Researchers examine and trace apple DNA. Learn how the apple species trace their evolutionary roots back to Asia almost 56 million years ago.

An in-depth analysis of the genomes of apple species is giving Penn State biologists better methods for identifying genes ...

Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology and VIVES University College have developed a new method to genetically improve poplar trees without introducing foreign DNA into its ...

A rice pangenome map has been constructed that incorporates the genomes of nearly 150 wild and cultivated rice varieties.

Field screening, greenhouse experiments, and laboratory techniques are effective in preventing downy mildew in pearl millet; however, these methods are expensive, time-consuming, and require expertise ...

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.

A new project led by Cornell University researchers will explore how genetically identical grapevines adapt to differences in temperature, humidity, soils and other environmental factors in New York, ...