A team of scientists from Monash University has identified a single gene in a land plant that could help explain how plants ...

Cold Spring Harbor scientists traced the CLE gene family across 1,000 plant species using AI to predict hidden redundant ...

One such innovation is now being trialled in Spain by Corteva, a global agricultural technology company. Corteva’s ...

Goldenberries taste like a cross between pineapple and mango, pack the nutritional punch of a superfood, and are increasingly ...

Europe’s firewall against genetic modification gets a major crack with a new deal on gene-edited crops. Crops tailor-made using new gene-splicing techniques should face fewer regulations than ...

Discover how scientists engineered goldenberry plants to grow 35% shorter than usual, making them suitable for large-scale ...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also threatens to reduce the amount of genetic diversity—or variation—within species ...

CRISPR, the gene-editing technology which won its creators the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is most well-known for its ...

As an avid gardener will tell you, plants with sharp thorns and prickles can leave you looking like you’ve had a run-in with an angry cat. Wouldn’t it be nice to rid plants of their prickles entirely ...

Under the legacy EU regulations retained after Brexit, all genetically edited plants continued to be regulated as GMO, regardless of the modification or the technology used to make the edit or change.

A gene drive – a bit of DNA that cheats evolution and can spread even if harmful – has been successfully tested in a plant for the first time. The approach could be used to wipe out invasive plants ...