Plant breeders have always faced a brutal trade-off: the traits that matter most for food security, like drought tolerance or ...

Picture of a tomato plant with an unfavorable natural mutation (on the left) and a tomato plant in with the mutation was repaired by genome editing (on the right). The repair of the mutation leads to ...

Induced mutagenesis has emerged as a pivotal tool in plant biology, enabling the deliberate generation of genetic variation to elucidate gene function and drive crop improvement. By employing chemical ...

Afza, R., M. Shen, F. J. Zapata-Arias, J. Xie, H. K. Fundi, K. S. Lee, E. Bobadilla-Mucino, A. Kodym, 2000. Effect of spikelet position on rice anther culture ...

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Most plants can reproduce both sexually (through flowers and seed) but many important crops, such as potatoes and strawberry, are propagated vegetatively, e.g. through tubers or shoots. A new study of ...