A new study suggests that decades of reported gains in crop yields from plant breeding may be significantly overstated, ...

For more than 60 years, the IAEA has curated the Mutant Variety Database, which serves as the world’s primary repository of officially released crop varieties developed through mutation breeding.

Plant science research has increasingly shifted focus toward understanding the complex mechanisms that enable crops to withstand abiotic stresses such as ...

Moringa (Moringa oleifera), a fast-growing tree with edible leaves, shoots and seeds, is among the 101 African crops targeted by the African Orphan Crops Consortium. New breeding methods such as ...

A research team has elucidated the role of polyploidy in the evolution and breeding of vegetable crops, leveraging advanced sequencing technologies to dissect the genetic and epigenetic nuances of ...

(CNN) — Since the dawn of farming some 10,000 years ago, the health of agriculture has been inextricably linked to the health of the planet. Now the climate crisis is disrupting farming across the ...

For millennia, developing resilient crops relied on pollination by nature or humans—making the process long and often costly. Now, scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology ...

Amid intensifying global competition in the seed industry, China's pursuit of high-quality agricultural development has ...

A new Canadian Wheat Research Coalition report says the status quo isn't an option for Canada’s wheat breeding system. It ...