Twenty five years ago, the IAEA initiated a research programme on the development of in vitro mutagenesis in banana at the Plant Breeding Laboratory and since then has developed considerable and ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases – the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Researchers have made significant strides in understanding the genetic factors that shape the Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium's inflorescence, with a particular focus on the cla-miR164-NO APICAL ...

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 ...

Eric Yirenkyi Danquah is a Professor of Plant Molecular Genetics at the University of Ghana (UG). He is the founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia strüformis Westend. f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most widespread diseases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L ...

We have long toyed with the idea of molecular farming, that is, producing proteins using plant cells instead of animal cells. The gist is that you genetically modify plants so that their cells become ...

Meat substitutes could be about to get a lot more meat-like. A UK-based company called Moolec says it has created genetically modified soya plants that produce beans in which a quarter of the soluble ...