In an agricultural advancement, scientists have deciphered the genetic underpinnings of watermelon chromosomal translocations, the key to cultivating fruits with fewer seeds. The global demand for ...

Rowen White has spent more than two decades working with seeds. She believes they are more than the beginning of plants; they are links to our past, with memories to share and stories to tell. And ...

The newly opened Future Seeds genebank is part of a network of research resources that, it is hoped, will help crop scientists future-proof the food system against climate change and other shocks.

Last year we did an article about how to read a plant label. We realized that we also are asked about how to pick the seeds for West Texas and what the seed type means. All seeds are a flowering plant ...

Something important for a Florida facing a hotter future was sent into space this week with NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket: Seeds. The hope is that when they return to Earth, they will produce ...

Global crop protection and seeds firm Syngenta has agreed the sale of its UK malting barley seed breeding activities to major breeder Ragt. Syngenta’s decision to sell off its remaining UK seed ...