From time to time, plant mutations are not maintained, resulting in a phenomenon called reversion.

Researchers at the Center for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) have made a significant contribution to a landmark study, ...

Researchers have discovered the genetic region responsible for blackberries' deployment of a type of pointy self-protection: thorns. Thorns can scratch pickers and damage fruit, making thornless ...

Schematic diagram of anthocyanin biosynthesis and transport in a purple population of tea plants. The numerical markers represent the expression of the gene in the purple sample, with the green sample ...

"It's really important to look across the plant kingdom because plants have solved so many problems already. Why not read their genomes like a book and try to understand it and solve the problems ...

1. Amichai Berman (School of Plant Sciences and Food Security at Tel Aviv University), the PhD student leading the research. Researchers: “Genetic editing in crop plants is a complex process. Our ...

SEED ISN’T STATIC. Since the dawn of agriculture, attentive farmers and gardeners have sown, selected and saved seed from the most productive and resilient plants as a strategy for survival. Whether ...

Oats are a highly nutritious cereal crop with well-documented health benefits. They contain compounds that help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of metabolic diseases, and they are less likely to ...

AMMAN — The National Seed Bank holds more than 5,000 genetic accessions representing field crops, vegetables, medicinal and aromatic plants, rangeland and forest species, as well as wild relatives of ...